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Smith backs Dutton’s nuclear push as colleagues dodge debate
Outgoing Victorian Liberal MP Tim Smith has backed the federal Coalition’s nuclear energy push saying it would reduce emissions, defying the state Coalition, which has distanced itself from the debate.
- by Annika Smethurst
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Editorial
Energy
Nuclear option unlikely, but time to have the debate
As the devastating consequences of carbon emissions from fossil fuels are increasingly evident, the promise of a baseload energy source that does not contribute to climate change might seem attractive to some.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Energy
Old and costly, nuclear energy has reliable friends
The world has limited funds and time to tackle the climate crisis, so perhaps we should set aside a slow and expensive solution.
- by Nick O'Malley
Chernobyl’s Russian ‘nightmare’
Moscow’s invasion marks the first time that occupying a nuclear plant was part of a nation’s war strategy. The consequences for the invading forces are grim.
- by Cara Anna and Inna Varenytsia
Boris Johnson goes nuclear on Britain’s energy needs, pledges eight new plants
His strategy was released against a backdrop of Western nations wrestling with high-energy prices and considering how to reduce reliance on Russian oil and gas.
- by Rob Harris
The world’s richest people are going nuclear
It has been a historically polarising energy source but the likes of Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are throwing their considerable weight behind nuclear power.
- by Lizette Chapman
Ukraine’s nuclear power fleet the prize in Russia’s escalating energy war
Global fears of a nuclear catastrophe leapt on Friday as Russian troops attacked a nuclear facility, but energy has been central to the conflict from the start.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Russia-Ukraine war
Zelensky pleads for help to stop Russian ‘nuclear terror’
Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia power plant in the south-east of Ukraine in an advance that gives them control of about one-quarter of the country’s energy supply.
- by David Crowe
Hostages at Chernobyl as experts warn energy supply could cause European chaos
Experts do not believe Russia will attempt to destroy Ukraine’s four nuclear power plants, but say the country’s crucial energy networks could be wielded as a strategic weapon in the conflict.
- by Mike Foley and Rachel Clun
From the Archives, 1986: Soviets call for help with Chernobyl disaster
In 1986, the no.4 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded, sending a radioactive cloud across Europe. Western diplomats were stunned when the Soviets turned to the West for help with dealing with the fallout.
- by Age Correspondent
EU labels nuclear power ‘green’, Germany calls it dangerous
The European Union waited until New Year’s Eve to release divisive proposals for nuclear energy and natural gas projects.
- by John Chalmers