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\"TwoThe Federal Election has been called, and people are now banging on my door demanding I provide them with some deep analysis on the ‘nuclear debate’. They want to know what I think about Peter Dutton’s grand plan to build nuclear power stations across Australia.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I think: I’m not wasting your time or mine.<\/p>\n

Not because I’ve got nothing to say. I’ve worked in a nuclear power station in the UK1<\/a><\/sup>. I have a good idea of what’s involved in planning, designing, building, regulating, commissioning, running, fuelling and decommissioning the things.<\/p>\n

It’s not that nuclear is scary or evil or unsafe. I LOVE nuclear engineering. It’s just not gonna happen here. Not in the next fifty years. Likely not ever.<\/p>\n

We don’t have the engineers. We don’t have the institutions. We can\u2019t even build a giant water battery in the mountains without losing six years and ten billion bucks. Snowy 2.0 is what happens<\/a> when you try to dig before thinking. But sure – let’s pretend we’re just a few policy tweaks away from joining France and South Korea.<\/p>\n

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80% of respondents to a 2024 survey agreed large Australian infrastructure projects are often over budget and behind schedule. Read it and weep<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Big Hydrogen Energy<\/h2>\n

It reminds me of the hydrogen power station fantasy<\/a> the South Australian government cooked up a few years ago. Remember that? They swore it was going to help power the state with otherwise curtailed wind, hired a whole team of expensive public servants to ‘make it happen’, bought the turbines, did the press conferences. Until one day, quietly, they realised it was a dumb idea. Now they’re flogging the gear on Gumtree like it’s a secondhand mower2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

This nuclear plan? Same energy.<\/p>\n

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An ‘artist’s impression’ of South Australia’s Hydrogen plant. No real photos are available because it hasn’t been built.<\/p><\/div>\n

Technically Interesting, Totally Pointless<\/h2>\n

Yes, Dutton might win. Yes, he might spend billions prepping Australia to ‘go nuclear’ – all talk, reports, glossy diagrams, and new departments with four-letter acronyms. But a working power station? That’s never getting built.<\/p>\n

For those who’ve asked how it’d affect solar owners if one ever got built, sure, nuclear would affect wholesale prices and feed-in tariffs. But so would a time machine, and we’re not building one of those either.<\/p>\n

So no, I\u2019m not writing a serious thinkpiece on nuclear. It\u2019d be like writing a fashion guide for Mars – technically interesting, totally pointless.<\/p>\n

Call me when they\u2019ve fuelled the core and started raising the control rods. Until then, it\u2019s just noise, and I’d rather focus my energy on real solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comments have now closed on this article.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I've investigated this claim and found it to be false.\u00a0 Hopefully, this will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Economics Of Solar"","block_context":{"text":"Economics Of Solar","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/economics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A dial pointing to the right above the word 'false'","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fact-Check-false.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fact-Check-false.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fact-Check-false.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fact-Check-false.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fact-Check-false.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":68788,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/best-nuclear-fusion-reactor\/","url_meta":{"origin":90808,"position":3},"title":"The Best Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is 93 Million Miles Away. 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In a nutshell, scientists and engineers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California made a controlled fusion reaction\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Economics Of Solar"","block_context":{"text":"Economics Of Solar","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/economics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nuclear fusion as a source of energy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fusion-sun.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fusion-sun.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fusion-sun.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fusion-sun.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fusion-sun.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":90681,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/","url_meta":{"origin":90808,"position":4},"title":"Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"March 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Self-described grassroots movement Nuclear for Australia is calling for policy makers to kick off a science-driven conversation about including nuclear power in Australia's future energy mix. The group announced yesterday that more than 100,000 Australians (101,334 at the time of writing) have signed their petition calling for removing a ban\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Electricity Prices"","block_context":{"text":"Electricity Prices","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/electricity-prices\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nuclear power station","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":85351,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-renewables-australia-mb2969\/","url_meta":{"origin":90808,"position":5},"title":"Nuclear + Solar In Australia = A Huge Waste Of Energy","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"July 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The operation of just one nuclear power station in Queensland would require cutting off renewable energy output equivalent to tens of thousands of home solar power systems every day says Queensland Conservation Council (QCC). The Coalition wants to see nuclear plants at what are or will eventually be shuttered coal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nuclear power in Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nuclear-solar-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nuclear-solar-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nuclear-solar-australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nuclear-solar-australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nuclear-solar-australia.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90808"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90978,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90808\/revisions\/90978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}