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1 month ago | 
reneweconomy.com.au | Jim Green
The federal Coalition has gone silent about its plan to build seven nuclear power plants across Australia. But a new group called ‘Liberals Against Nuclear’ is frustrating the Coalition’s attempt to downplay its policy and wants the Coalition to ditch its nuclear policy before the election.
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1 month ago | 
theecologist.org | Jim Green
The proponents of nuclear power rely on an excessive optimism which, once again, sits in stark contrast to the reality of the decades-long stagnation the industry worldwide. That contrast is the subject of our new report for the EnergyScience Coalition. The latest nuclear proposals are built on three speculations, each of which is a castle built on sand. First, we have the projected AI-related energy demand. This ignores emerging evidence that such projections are overblown.
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1 month ago | 
ecotopical.com | Jim Green
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1 month ago | 
reneweconomy.com.au | Jim Green
The current push in Australia to deploy nuclear power reactors once again contrasts an excessive optimism by nuclear proponents against the continuing stagnant situation of nuclear power worldwide. That contrast is the subject of our new report for the EnergyScience Coalition. The latest nuclear proposals are built on three speculations.
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1 month ago | 
reneweconomy.com.au | Jim Green
An Interim Report was released on Tuesday by the House Select Committee on Nuclear Energy, and splits on party lines, with the indecent MP Monique Ryan listing a myriad reasons why nuclear is unsuitable for Australia.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
reneweconomy.com.au | Jim Green
Two new reports have undermined the Dutton Coalition’s claims about nuclear power. A report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) undermines claims that nuclear power would reduce power bills, and the latest edition of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report undermines claims that nuclear power is on a growth trajectory and Australia risks being left behind.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
reneweconomy.com.au | Jim Green
Dr Ziggy Switkowski, best known as a former Telstra CEO, less well known as a former oil and gas company director, is a nuclear physicist by training. Wearing his nuclear hat, he was appointed by then prime minister John Howard to lead the 2006 Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Power Review (UMPNER) inquiry. The UMPNER inquiry didn’t inquire. The panel was comprised entirely of “people who want nuclear power by Tuesday” according to the late comedian John Clarke.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
reneweconomy.com.au | Jim Green
Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull famously described Coalition leader Peter Dutton as a “thug”. That description appears particularly apt in Dutton’s nuclear power plans. The Coalition’s nuclear project is opposed by state Labor governments in each of the five states being targeted. Victoria, NSW and Queensland have laws banning nuclear power.
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Apr 7, 2024 | 
onlineopinion.com.au | Jim Green
A February 26, page-one article in the Australian ran under the headline 'Powerful majority supports nuclear option for energy security'.
"Labor is now at risk of ending up on the wrong side of history in its fanatical opposition to nuclear power," political editor Simon Benson wrote, and Labor "ignores this community sentiment potentially at its peril".
The Murdoch papers ran hard with the story, as did Sky News.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
reneweconomy.com.au | Jim Green
A February 26 page-one article in The Australian newspaper ran under the headline ‘Powerful majority supports nuclear option for energy security’. “Labor is now at risk of ending up on the wrong side of history in its fanatical opposition to nuclear power,” political editor Simon Benson wrote, adding that Labor “ignores this community sentiment potentially at its peril”. The Murdoch papers ran hard with the story, as did Sky News.
