Many independent experts have pointed to the unrealistic time frame, the high cost and financial risk, and the increase in Australia’s carbon emissions that it would entail. We provide extensive references to such expert analysis and to international experience in support of our arguments against the nuclear option.
Nuclear power could not contribute to the decarbonisation of the energy system for at least two decades, but in the meantime it would deter investment in renewables and storage. The transformation to a zero emissions energy system based on renewables and storage is a complex long-term project that must not be de-railed by nuclear distractions.
— from the summary of our submission to The House Select Committee on Nuclear Energy
