Nuclear Energy

Port Augusta is one of seven locations across the country earmarked to host nuclear power plants if the Coalition wins the federal election, but the community has mixed views on the proposal.

Our energy system is evolving at breakneck speed. Here we look at how our power grid works, what more renewables mean for energy prices, how nuclear fits into the picture, and how we might build a grid fit for the future.    

David Littleproud answers questions about the National Party's influence on the Coalition's nuclear energy policy.

Australia's two major parties have tied their federal election fates to controversial energy projects in WA's South West where the issues have polarised voters.

Nuclear? Renewables? Gas? Coal? And what about emissions targets? What the two major parties are offering on energy at this election.

The Coalition has sent voters contradictory messages about whether it has accounted for the vast water requirements of its seven proposed nuclear plants after Peter Dutton declared the issue all but resolved.

Peter Dutton says he will look for consensus from the states on nuclear power plants, but he will use Commonwealth powers to override their concerns.

The ABC's Vote Compass has been gauging attitudes on where Australia's future energy needs will come from. The results suggest there's a strong divide between certain people.

Residents near one of the Coalition's proposed nuclear plants are divided by the need for work, and the environment.

As the debate around renewables and nuclear continues, here is what the experts say.

While experts weigh in on the great energy debate, one builder says the industry has already made up its mind.

Nuclear, offshore wind, hydrogen and gas projects have all been slated for the NSW Hunter region but some may be scrapped depending on who wins the federal election.

The US president has issued an unusually critical assessment of Vladimir Putin, saying he was angered when the Russian president criticised Volodymyr Zelenskyy's leadership.

Host of the Democracy Sausage podcast Mark Kenny and political journalist Karen Middleton join Afternoon Briefing to talk Peter Dutton's nuclear policy.

A series of massive underground tunnels for nuclear waste are under construction across Europe and the UK, but how we will warn future generations of their dangers is still up in the air. 

Households are once again bracing for another round of power bill hikes. But for a nation that is one of the world's biggest energy exporters, it's a situation that defies logic and reeks of an epic policy failure.

Benchmark power prices are set to go up by nearly 9 per cent in parts of the country after the energy regulator put out its draft default market offer for next year.

Former NSW treasurer Matt Kean has slammed his own party over its advocacy of nuclear power, calling plans to subsidise nuclear reactors "nonsense".

Additional emissions from adopting the Coalition's nuclear plan equate to 200 years of domestic air travel for Australia, a new analysis from the Climate Change Authority reveals.

The Coalition's promised nuclear power plants could consume three times more water than existing coal sites, posing a question of where that water would come from.