Coalition irked as report brands nuclear a non-starter

Building nuclear power generation faces significant challenges, a parliamentary inquiry report says. (Kelly Barnes/AAP PHOTOS)

Building nuclear power generation could take more than a decade and cost hundreds of billions of dollars, says an inquiry report already being criticised as partisan.

A parliamentary inquiry into nuclear energy on Tuesday released its interim report into the viability of introducing nuclear power generation in Australia, focusing on how long it would take to deploy and the cost to build it.