What should be discussed before building these nuclear plants we should make sure that the Australian people own them and if they need investments offer it to the people first that way everyone has a vested interest .
@jeffsmart7674 Says:
Bowen has been brain wash the inner city dwellers with net zero, green house effects, unprecedented climate change. I’m over the out right lies. The fact he seems to be getting away with all this BS
@GeoffMiell Says:
Russia is largely dominating the international market as a nuclear technology supplier, for seven different countries, including four each in China, India, Egypt and Türkiye, two in Bangladesh, and one each in Iran and Slovakia. It is uncertain to what extent these projects will be impacted by the various layers of sanctions imposed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
I'd suggest Australia's large-scale reactor technology options would only be:
• Westinghouse AP-1000;
• Framatome/EDF EPR;
• KEPCO APR-1400 & perhaps the APR-1000
And there are now multiple examples around the world that have demonstrated they take 15-20+ years to get up-and-running from scratch. Australia, as an inexperienced nuclear power country, won't be any quicker, and more likely will be slower – I’d suggest it would take 20+ years!
Former Australian Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel suggests it would take at least 20 years to ‘go nuclear’ in Australia.
I'd suggest the Russian VVER & Chinese HPR1000 (export version of Hualong One) designs would be politically untenable for Australia.
Most, if not all ageing, increasingly unreliable and increasingly more expensive to run coal-fired generators will be closed by 2038. What would keep the 'lights on' in Australia while we wait 20+ years (NOT 10-12 years that the Coalition are promising) for any prospective nuclear generator units to become operational? It seems to me pro-nuclear ideologues never answer this inconvenient question. That's the conversation Australia needs to have.
Overwhelming evidence/data indicates that nuclear technologies:
𝟭. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆 (likely mid-2040s at the earliest for any possible operational nuclear reactor(s) in Australia);
𝟮. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 (almost double to six times the cost of ‘firmed’ renewables, per 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘵 2023-24, 𝘓𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘓𝘊𝘖𝘌+ 𝘷17);
𝟯. 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗮 𝘀𝗼-𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 “𝗻𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲” (see the Energy Watch Group’s 2013 report titled 𝘍𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘍𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘴 – 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬, Figure 113: Historic and possible future development of uranium production and demand); and
𝟰. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 (an intergenerational issue).
@dogzdigital Says:
Solar is nuclear energy. Seriously though, the demographics and geography of Australia is a little different to that of the US. If nuclear is such an awesome idea where are the LNP's costings?
@peterremkes9376 Says:
If it so cost effective why does Peter Dutton have so much reservations about releasing his costs estimate. Said it so many times before, don't tell us how good it all is, put Dutton under pressure to release his whole plan now. Not a couple of weeks before the next election.
@MrDavePed Says:
The corporate media is constantly pushing climate change i.e. carbon poillution even though carbon is a basic building block of life. Carbonm is GOOD and CO2 is NOT a pollutant.
The corporate media is constantly arguing against the economic viability of green energy such as wind and solar especially since they are deliberately doing wind power all wrong to delegitimize it.
The nuclear industry is behind this corraling of the minds of the masses to embrace the only kind of energy which is truly dangerous and deadly. Nuclear power is deadly producing toxic waste when never goes away. NEVER.
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@peterbarnhoorn7879 Says:
Bowen has nfi...the tail will be between his legs..😂
@Design_no Says:
Latest Nuke tech is the best.
@forestgreen435 Says:
Nuclear is the modern and up to date system for Australia's population.
@HyperVaccinated Says:
THE WRONG CHOICE FOR AUSTRALIA! All we need are wind and solar farms!
@oldnutta7611 Says:
This is getting ridiculous what YouTube delete now.
Is there an actual guideline for commenting, or is it just a roll of the dice ?
@WTF00007 Says:
No Australia has more than enough solar and wind resulting in NEGATIVE PRICES and now we just need BATTERIES and it’s all sorted here .
@micklyons8858 Says:
Nuclear power stations are super advanced technology and came out after the first digital computer.
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