Chris Bowen labels Coalition’s nuclear plan a ‘risky scam’ as premiers affirm state bans

Energy minister's comments come as Nationals leader David Littleproud refutes deputy's claims plants won't be built if communities were opposed

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Chris Bowen has labelled the Coalition's nuclear plan a risky scam", citing the fact owners of six of the seven proposed sites for power plants won't sell and five are located in states with their own bans on nuclear power.

In a move that frustrated some on his backbench on Wednesday, Peter Dutton revealed the sites but without providing costings for the proposed government-owned nuclear power plants, nor an estimate of the amount of electricity to be added to the system and or justification for the ambitious 2035-37 timeframe for the first two plants.

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