Announced commitments to establish a civil nuclear program including operating nuclear power plants in 7 locations across the country
Summary of proposal
The proposal would establish a civil nuclear power program in Australia with nuclear plants to be built at 7 locations, completed by 2050. Two establishment projects would be chosen and completed in the mid 2030’s followed by the remaining buildout of projects through to 2050.
The 2 establishment projects would use either modern large reactor designs such as AP1000 or APR1400, or small modular reactors (SMR’s) The plants would begin producing electricity by 2035 (for SMR’s) or 2037 (for large scale plants).
The proposal commits to the following elements:
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