Replacing Australia’s retiring coal power stations with small nuclear reactors could cost $387bn, analysis suggests
by Daniel Hurst from Environment | The Guardian on (#6ETSG)
The figure adds fuel to the growing political dispute over the pace and form of Australia's energy transition
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The federal government says it would cost as much as $387bn to replace Australia's retiring coal-fired power stations with the form of nuclear power proposed by the Coalition.
The figure, produced by the energy department, is the projected cost of replacing all of the output from closing coal-fired plants with small modular reactors.
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