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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Talk of nuclear power plant sites ‘conjecture’, says Liberal MP amid internal division on Dutton’s policy

Rowan Ramsey
Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey has said a proposed site for a nuclear waste dump in his South Australian electorate of Grey was not ‘geologically suitable’. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey has said any talk of where nuclear power plants would be built or waste would go is “conjecture” that cannot sensibly be tackled until after the nuclear ban is lifted.

As the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, prepares to announce an energy policy nominating up to six possible sites for nuclear plants, he faces internal divisions about the level of government support required, proposed locations and questions about storage of nuclear waste.

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