Barriers, hurdles and roadblocks litter the long road to the Coalition's nuclear future

Planning, legal and energy experts have raised significant doubts about the ability to construct nuclear power plants in Australia before 2037.

Dr Matous pointed to the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project as an example of a recent government-led energy project that has But drawing from recent community pushback against new transmission lines and wind farm developments, Mr Matous said the backlash in communities near the proposed sites, against small nuclear reactors, was likely to be significant.

"So we could only have a nuclear power station within 13 years if we were to emulate countries like China, perhaps the United Arab Emirates, where the community aren't involved, where there is no prospect of the community objecting — and I can't imagine how that would be politically defensible in Australia."

"Even if, hypothetically, Mr Dutton was swept into office for the landslide majority, the half-Senate election would not give him a majority in the upper house. "If you stick it in the Paris Agreement, you can pass this plan, as long as you've got the numbers in the House and the Senate, Ms Dixon said.

"I didn't want to bankrupt the state, and put those huge costs onto families, and that's why I introduced the Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, which planned the transition to renewables rapidly backed up by firming and storage.Still, others maintain that over time, the costs associated with nuclear energy will reduce.

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