Coalition's plan to go nuclear puts five regions on the table as favoured locations for nuclear reactors

There are just a handful of regions in Australia shaping up as the most likely candidates for the Coalition's proposal to install nuclear reactors in Australia, as the party eyes retiring coal stations as a way to go nuclear. Speaking on Channel Seven on Tuesday morning, Mr Dutton confirmed the party was "interested" in replacing retiring coal plants with nuclear because the sites come ready with poles and wires to distribute power. Power station Scheduled closure Region Yallourn 2028 Latrobe Valley Eraring 2025 Hunter Valley Bayswater 2033 Hunter Valley Gladstone 2035 Gladstone Tarong 2037 South Burnett Collie 2027 South West Muja 2029 South West There are also partial closures scheduled at Callide, Loy Yang and Vales Point in the NSW Central Coast, which would add Labor minister Pat Conroy's electorate of Shortland to the list. In a searing Press Club speech, mining and clean energy magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest slams the Coalition and fossil fuel lobby for using nuclear energy "bulldust" to delay the transition to a zero emissions economy. Mr Dutton said nuclear reactors would provide a more reliable source of clean energy, and would avoid the need for thousands of kilometres of new transmission lines to be built.