"The time for Nuclear however may have passed as the cost of building the reactors, in time and money, may have rendered them not viable"
But isnt the issue of nuclear power in Australia more about lowering emissions and self-sufficiency rather than direct cost? With over a third of the world's known uranium deposits, we are in good standing to eliminate our dependency on fossil fuels to a great degree. Sure, the capital cost is large, but after that we would be laughing......