Never mind that the Coalition’s nuclear proposal is a fantasy – it doesn’t even claim to reduce power bills | Adam Morton

Experts and agencies have overwhelmingly deemed the plan not to be credible. And burning more coal and gas in the medium term only leads one way

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Let's not waste time with niceties: the Coalition's nuclear plan is a fantasy. The vision laid out on Friday by a quartet of opposition frontbenchers is not going to eventuate, regardless of the result of the next election.

That's not because nuclear energy is necessarily a terrible idea, in a global sense. While waste is an issue, nuclear plants offer zero-emissions power and will be needed in places with fewer energy options. But the claims put forward by the opposition - that Australia needs nuclear, or could have it in the way the Coalition describes - do not stand up to scrutiny.

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