‘Potential issues’ with Coalition’s planned nuclear reactor sites, safety expert warns

Government agencies and departmental officials spend full day scrutinising Peter Dutton's controversial plan to build seven nuclear power plants

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A senior government nuclear safety official says the sites of coal-fired power plants might not be adequate" to house the opposition's proposed taxpayer-funded nuclear reactors.

Government agencies and departmental officials were grilled in parliament on Wednesday at a government-backed inquiry into nuclear energy. The inquiry was tasked with scrutinising the Coalition's controversial plan to lift Australia's ban on nuclear power and build taxpayer-funded reactors at seven sites.

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