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Country risks being left behind, says Barnaby Joyce Barnaby Joyce warned that Australia risks being ‘left behind by the world’. Courtesy Barnaby Joyce/Facebook. Former deputy prime minister of Australia Barnaby Joyce has called for the Labor government to adopt nuclear power as an alternative to renewable energy or “risk being left behind by the world”.

Joyce’s party, the National Party of Australia (NPA), has been a strong advocate for nuclear, arguing the technological advancements make it a viable, clean and reliable energy source as opposed to solar and wind.

Joyce told Sky News Australia several governments around the world, including the UK and France, had been successfully integrating the power source and suggested Australia should be next.

“If you want to get to zero emissions then listen to what they’re doing in the UK where they’re building new nuclear reactors, listen to what they’re doing in France, listen to what they’re doing in Asia,” he told First Edition host Pete Stefanovic.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Thursday, 04 August 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/former-deputy-pm-joins-calls-for-nuclear-ban-to-be-lifted-8-3-2022

Policymakers who ignore nuclear energy are not serious about meeting climate goals, delegates said at an Atlantic Council webinar last week. The first in the Raising Ambitions series, the event highlighted the attributes of this clean source of electricity and heat ahead of the Leaders’ Climate Summit, which the US Administration is hosting on 22-23 April.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-power-can-help-raise-climate-ambitions

The UK's Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has welcomed the government's confirmation yesterday that nuclear power will play a role in achieving the country's net zero by 2050 target, but says clarity is still needed on large-scale projects. In its Ten Point Plan, the government refers to such support as being "subject to value-for-money".

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Friday, 20 November 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-industry-looks-for-clarity-on-large-plant-suppo

A group of more than 100 scientists and environmentalists have written to the European Commission calling for a "timely and just assessment" of nuclear energy in the EU Taxonomy. The letter was sent by Satu Helynen, acting president of the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNETP), and addressed to EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson and to two European Commission vice-presidents, Valdis Dombrovskis and Frans Timmermans.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Thursday, 30 April 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NGOs-demand-place-for-nuclear-in-EU-Taxonomy