Nuclear-powered electricity production is currently prohibited in Australia and several Australian states, and there has been several reviews and inquiries to consider the removal of some of these prohibitions as well as the feasibility of nuclear energy in Australia. This guide describes, in chronological order, the major government inquiries and reviews into nuclear energy that...

The authors of this report assert that experience with the few existing small modular reactors (SMRs) that have been built or are under construction shows a repetition of the nuclear industry’s longstanding history - the facilities have been both significantly over budget and have taken much longer to complete than forecast.

Each year, the CSIRO and the Australian Energy Market Operator collaborate with industry stakeholders to update GenCost. This leading economic report estimates the cost of building new electricity generation, storage, and hydrogen production in Australia out to 2050.

This ACF discussion paper asserts that the exaggerated claims being made by the latest round of nuclear promoters do not alter the evidence which clearly shows nuclear is the worst option for Australia.

Nuclear energy can be either very cheap or very expensive. The realised cost of nuclear energy depends on policy choices about how a nuclear fleet is planned, procured and operated. This report attempts to inform some of those policy choices, by taking a survey of eight different countries and comparing key attributes of their industry...