Coal plants would run much longer under Coalition nuclear plan

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Cooling towers of the Tihange Nuclear Power Station along the Meuse River at Huy / Hoei

Atomkraftwerk an der Maas in Belgien Credit: Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The Coalition has released costings of its nuclear energy plan, priced at about $331 billion dollars over 25 years.

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Published 16 December 2024 2:14pm

By Greg Dyett

Presented by Dilail Abimanyu

Source: SBS

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The Coalition has released costings of its nuclear energy plan, priced at about $331 billion dollars over 25 years.

That figure is $263 billion dollars less than the federal government's plan which relies on renewable energy. The figures are at odds with modelling carried out by the CSIRO and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)

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