After heavy criticism, Australia's leading science agency doubles down its findings that the cost of nuclear power for Australia would likely be double that of renewable energy, and it would take at least 15 years for a plant to be built.
Exactly this, I don’t see many sources in the article. Which plants were studied? What fuel is being sourced?
Heavy water and fresh uranium? Yeah gonna cost you.
Thorium salt reactor using Heavy Water spent fuel? It’s on par with Wind without the need for battery storage.
We can use spent fuel we’re burying to generate power for centuries with the right tech. Low pressure, no steam vents, no complicated cooling. I could go on and on.
Exactly this, I don’t see many sources in the article. Which plants were studied? What fuel is being sourced?
Heavy water and fresh uranium? Yeah gonna cost you.
Thorium salt reactor using Heavy Water spent fuel? It’s on par with Wind without the need for battery storage.
We can use spent fuel we’re burying to generate power for centuries with the right tech. Low pressure, no steam vents, no complicated cooling. I could go on and on.
Assuming this is what they based this off of they’re talking about heavy water with mined uranium. https://www.csiro.au/-/media/Energy/GenCost/GenCost24-25-Executive.pdf
You can find the report here: https://www.csiro.au/en/research/technology-space/energy/GenCost
Ah, thank you
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