Cole Latimer reports that if Australia is to hit its Paris climate change targets and lower carbon emissions it needs to think seriously about nuclear energy, expert "lobbyists" say, but the safety risks (as False Claims) coupled with its economic viability (as False Claims) have former supporters doubting its future in Australia (Who? Innuendo).
Australia's commitment to the 2015 Paris climate agreement - which aims to reduce emissions by 5 per cent below 2000 levels - has increased the pressure to reduce the electricity industry's emissions levels, and nuclear energy has been put forward as a way to reach decarbonization of the network. Robert Parker, who is a current committee member and former president of the Australian Nuclear Association, said nuclear energy could play a major role in Australia’s decarbonization if it is used along with renewable generation such as wind, solar and pumped hydro storage.
“With our current energy mix we won’t get to the decarbonization of the grid by 2050,” Mr Parker said, pointing to the role of coal and gas in providing grid security (with serious damage to environment) as more renewables enter the energy landscape with minor impact and higher electricity prices, even with storage.“The combination of intermittent renewable energy and gas is sub-optimal and could lead us to a plateau. I’m not saying no to wind and solar, but they are too intermittent and we need dispatchable zero carbon energy in the system. We need a power system that is resilient.”Mr Parker said there was the potential to replace Victoria’s brown coal-fired power stations with nuclear reactors once they had reached the end of their operating life. He said the infrastructure was already in place to rapidly build and operate a nuclear power plant.
The rest of this article reveals the actual agenda of the article...renewables (wind and solar) and is filled with half-truths and misrepresentations. Similar examples of such misrepresentations are discussed in a recent paper. See: http://i2mconsultants.com/downloads/corp/JGG-1-012.pdf
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