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Title page 1
Contents 3
Terms of reference 5
Members 8
1. Introduction 9
Context of the inquiry 10
Key issues 10
Current legal status and previous inquiries into nuclear power generation in Australia 13
Conduct of the inquiry 14
Processing the evidence 14
Acknowledgements 15
Structure of report 15
2. Timeframes for nuclear power generation in Australia 16
Deployment timeframe milestones and estimates 17
End-to-end estimates 17
Pre-construction timeframe challenges for Australia 18
Construction timeframe challenges for Australia 27
A history of delays 33
Implications of nuclear deployment timeframes on critical climate and industrial reforms 34
Nuclear 'not a timely or practical solution' for emissions reduction in Australia 34
Barriers to the redeployment of the coal workforce to nuclear power plants 37
Committee comment 38
3. Cost of nuclear power generation in Australia 40
Cost estimates and influencing factors 40
Deployment cost estimates 40
Factors impacting on cost estimates for Australia 46
History of cost blowouts for nuclear builds 51
Estimates do not account for other critical costs 53
Private sector investment in nuclear power generation 55
Committee Comment 57
Appendixes 58
A. Submissions and additional information 58
B. Hearings and witnesses 95
Coalition Members' Dissenting Report 109
Additional Comments from Dr Monique Ryan MP 144
Figures 4
Figure 1.1. Key facts and figures for the 'Step Change' scenario 11
Figure 3.1. Nuclear reactor generation and cost 43
Figure 3.2. Comparative cost per megawatt hour of different energy technologies 44
Figure 3.3. Increase in typical household electricity bill to recover cost of nuclear plants based on different countries' experience (AUD/year) 45
Figure 3.4. Nuclear cost overruns 52
Text Boxes 4
Box 2.1. GenCost 2023-24 timeframes 18
Box 3.1. GenCost 2023-2024 costings 41
