Energy regulator says nuclear unlikely before 2050 as Chris Bowen attacks Coalition’s ‘risky’ plan
by Peter Hannam Economics correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6P952)
Australian Energy Regulator chair says Australia is probably a decade too late' for nuclear power despite opposition's pledge to build first two plants by 2037
Australia is unlikely to be have nuclear reactors operating before 2050, more than a decade after the federal opposition's target, according to the chair of the Australian Energy Regulator.
Clare Savage's comments, made to the Australian Clean Energy Summit in Sydney on Tuesday, were echoed by the federal energy minister, Chris Bowen at the National Press Club lunch in Canberra.
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