I dd mean to say 200. It was a typo.Anyway, the way i understand...

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Originally posted by Treefern: ↑

The plants are good for 60-80 years, not 2,000.

You can't really compare Australia to the cherry-picked OECD countries without discussing what it is you're comparing. The 18 countries that do use nuclear energy in the OECD are all small, cold, or both. They also all border at least one other nation that uses nuclear energy, providing nearology of a skilled labor source. The only exceptions to that rule are the United States - a global superpower with nuclear weapons, and Mexico and Canada who border their close ally and global superpower.

Another way of looking at the distribution of nuclear energy is that ALL nuclear-powered nations are either in Europe or border a global nuclear superpower. Australia is neither.

Small and cold doesn't describe Australia at all, and nobody in our region has a nuclear industry. We don't border a global nuclear superpower. We could also say that not a single OECD country in the southern hemisphere uses nuclear energy, but that would be just as misleading as the often-trotted but rarely scrutinised "we're the only decent OECD country without nuclear".

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I dd mean to say 200. It was a typo.
Anyway, the way i understand it, we have a nuclear ban so we cannot get a quote for a power plant.
The one annoying thing i have got from this whole argument is lots of promises but no road map.
Where are we heading. Replacement of coal fired to nuclear is feasible considering the two SMRs supplies the US air craft carrier is 700MW.
Every thing i read on net zero is gas peaking plants to cover for load peaking .
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