Age: NUCLEAR power should be considered if the carbon tax does not make renewable energy competitive against coal and fossil fuels, former chief scientist Robin Batterham has said.
His comments echoed those of the chair of climate change at Adelaide University, Barry Brook, who said last week that it was ”inevitable” Australia would be forced to choose nuclear power, most likely by 2020.
”If geothermal doesn’t deliver fairly quickly, that takes that off the list,” Professor Batterham said. ”If…

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