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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Graham Readfearn

Coalition’s nuclear plan is ‘today’s version of a lump of coal in parliament’, inquiry told

The Coalition did not approach Geoscience Australia to ask about the suitability of any of the seven sites where it wants to put nuclear reactors, including asking about risks from earthquakes, a parliamentary hearing was told.

The government called the parliamentary inquiry to scrutinise the Coalition’s proposals to lift the country’s ban on nuclear energy and build taxpayer-funded reactors at seven sites.

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