One Giant Chart: how does the price of nuclear energy examine to renewables?

One Giant Chart: how does the price of nuclear energy examine to renewables?

Peter Dutton has suggested Australia should build large-scale nuclear reactors, but CSIRO’s GenCost report shows the price compared to solar and wind

Electricity from nuclear power would cost Australia significantly more than generating it from solar and wind, according to the CSIRO.

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has revived the idea of Australia lifting its restriction on nuclear power, but has yet to provide any details apart from suggesting large-scale nuclear reactors should be built on the sites of decommissioned coal power plants.

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