This report is a game changer. This US Department of Energy report has debunked Chris Bowen and Anthony Albanese's anti-nuclear claims. Analysis from the US shows that electricity costs are ~30% cheaper with nuclear and renewables in the energy mix! Which is why the US Government is planning to TRIPLE their nuclear energy capacity by 2025. It also heavily undermines the CSIRO's anti-nuclear analysis, getting it wrong by orders of magnitude. This US analysis shows nuclear plants last 80 years, not only 30 years as claimed in their GenCost report. There's also good news for nuclear jobs: the report shows nuclear jobs are ~50% higher paying than jobs in solar or wind. These are the facts we've claimed from the start. For anti-nuclear campaigners to now ignore this report would be wilful ignorance. |