<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/global-report-confirms-and-details-nuclear-powers-stagnation-someone-needs-to-tell-the-coalition/>
"The latest edition of the
World Nuclear Industry Status Report paints a glum
picture for the nuclear power industry — the number of countries building
reactors has plummeted from 16 to 11 over the past two years — and gives the
lie to claims by the Coalition that Australia risks being ‘left behind’ and
‘stranded’ if we don’t jump on board.
That appears to be news to new Coalition energy spokesman Dan Tehan, who has
taken over the portfolio from Ted O’Brien, the chief architect of the nuclear
power policy that cost the Coalition around 11 seats in the May 2025 election.
Speaking to
Sky News from the US, where he says he is on a nuclear
“fact-finding” mission, Tehan said that “every major industrialised country,
apart from Australia, is either seriously considering nuclear or is adopting
nuclear technology at pace”.
Continuing with the theme, Tehan said: “Australia is going to be completely and
utterly left behind, because we have a nuclear ban at the moment in place, and
if we’re not careful, the rest of the world is going to move and we are going
to be left stranded.”
The simple fact is, however, that there isn’t a single power reactor under
construction in the 35 countries on the American continent; and the number of
countries building reactors has plummeted from 16 to 11 over the past two
years."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
