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Concern about climate change has brought nuclear power back into the Australian media. Opposition leader Peter Dutton claimed that nuclear power is “the only feasible and proven technology” for cutting CO2 emissions. Energy Minister Chris Bowen responded by saying that Mr. Dutton is promoting the “the most expensive form of energy”.
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Former foreign minister of Australia, Garth Evans, has urged Australia to lobby the U.S. to promise “no first use” of nuclear weapons. He warned that global arms control agreements “are now either dead or on life support”.
Nuclear power startup NuScale is facing investigation by lawyers following a short-seller’s report which alleged that NuScale has sold twenty-four small modular reactors (SMRs) to a “fake customer”.
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In the U.S., maintaining and “modernizing” the nuclear weapon stockpile has been possible in part because of the extensive data acquired through earlier tests.