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Nuclear energy: the good, the bad and the ugly

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In almost all energy debates in Australia you never hear about nuclear energy, even though it has a lower carbon footprint than fossil fuels, such as coal, and even though we are the world’s third-largest uranium producer after Kazakhstan and Canada.
Mick Foley - climate and energy correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald tells us other countries – like the US, France and the UK - have embraced it.

So on this episode of The Briefing we’re asking, why hasn’t it quite taken off here. The good, the bad and the ugly of nuclear energy.

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In almost all energy debates in Australia you never hear about nuclear energy, even though it has a lower carbon footprint than fossil fuels, such as coal, and even though we are the world’s third-largest uranium producer after Kazakhstan and Canada.
Mick Foley - climate and energy correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald tells us other countries – like the US, France and the UK - have embraced it.

So on this episode of The Briefing we’re asking, why hasn’t it quite taken off here. The good, the bad and the ugly of nuclear energy.

Todays Headlines

  • Scott Morrison’s pitch to younger voters
  • US shooting to be treated as hate crime
  • Tributes continue after Andrew Symonds' death
  • Shanghai businesses begin to reopen
  • Ukraine wins Eurovision

Follow The Briefing

DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE BRIEFING NEWSLETTER. LINK IS IN OUR BIO ON INSTAGRAM

Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast
Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAU
Twitter: @TheBriefingAU

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Chapters

1. The Briefing Headlines May 16 (00:00:00)

2. The Briefing Topic (00:08:04)

1649 episodes

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