Nuclear energy’s true cost hidden by Australian ban: Will Shackel

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Nuclear for Australia's Will Shackel says critics of nuclear energy 'can't understand' the cost of it until the ban is lifted. He argues that the government's justification for the ban based on costs is inconsistent, pointing out that if expenses were the main concern, solar panels and Snowy Hydro would have been banned in the past. Shackel also notes that even Tesla would face bans by such logic. 'It just makes no sense to me,' Will Shackel told Sky News host Chris Kenny. 'I think if the government wants to work out the economics of nuclear energy, the first thing they have to do is to lift the ban.'