By Ian Lowe, Griffith University For decades, Australia has exported uranium – but not used it, other than in the Lucas Heights research reactor. But change is coming. We now face a rapidly deepening commitment to the nuclear industry, through nuclear submarines (bipartisan support) or nuclear reactors (Coalition support). The Albanese government was quick to accept…
The federal government has turned – again – to its Gas Code of Conduct to boost availability and cut the cost of gas to consumers and industry. Energy minister Chris Bowen announced that 260 PJ of gas will be made available between now and 2033 through two new enforceable supply commitments with Esso and Woodside…
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen has rubbished opposition calls for Australia to embrace nuclear power in the form of small modular reactors. Opposition leader Peter Dutton has injected his idea of a nuclear renaissance into the energy debate, suggesting he might change the Coalition’s official opposition to nuclear power, saying Labor was…
