Australian Opposition Pledges to Build 7 Nuclear Power Plants by 2050

The federal opposition says it plans to build seven nuclear reactors across Australia, in an announcement on June 19. The Liberal-National Coalition revealed that current, retiring coal-fired power stations would be repurposed for nuclear facilities. They include Loy Yang Power Station in Victoria’s Gippsland area, Callide and Tarong in Queensland, Port Augusta in South Australia, Collie in West Australia, as well as Mount Piper in Lithgow and Liddell in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales. All these sites are currently privately owned, and will be acquired by the government and placed under the control of a Commonwealth corporation, akin to how the National Broadband Network and Snowy Hydro companies operate....