This was the poster child for conservative/regressive political forces in Australia. The leader of the Liberal Party (that's Economic Liberalism, but the opposi

This was the poster child for conservative/regressive political forces in Australia. The leader of the Liberal Party (that's Economic Liberalism, but the opposite of social liberalism), Peter Dutton, has been talking up Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), as has Murdoch's "Sky News" (think Fox) and right-wing think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs (think "mouthpiece for mining billionaires"). The Liberal Party had government from 2013 to 2022, and there was nary a peep out of them about nuclear power. The fact of the matter is that it's not economic for Australia to build one of these, for $40 billion, with an estimated delivered cost per MWh of AU$130 (IIRC) when renewables already cost only about $30 per MWh and we have abundant sunshine and wind in Australia. The essence of the right-wing plan is to latch on to a technology that will take a decade or two to come to fruition, to hold back the renewable tide, so that fossil fuel companies can continue to rake in the profits. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_liberalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_liberalism [2] https://ipa.org.au/ipa-review-articles/right-climate-for-nuclear-power https://ipa.org.au/ipa-review-articles/right-climate-for-nuc...