00:00A waiting game of nuclear proportions.
00:06What does happen if locals don't want a nuclear plant?
00:09Importance of trust and transparency.
00:12What if locals say no?
00:13I don't think that will happen.
00:15The decision will be a matter for the minister.
00:19Communities told their opposition to a project won't necessarily see it scrapped.
00:24The idea of nuclear at his doorstep doesn't faze farmer Darren Jensen, who fears power
00:30lines running through his Kallite property.
00:33We're certainly not running on 1980s technology like that old one that causes all the problems
00:37are.
00:38No, it doesn't worry me at all.
00:41But not everyone is on board.
00:44Not enough information for a start.
00:46Today it did offer one new detail, suggesting each site could play host to multiple reactors.
00:53In terms of exactly how many on any plant, we would be leaving that to the independent
00:58nuclear energy coordinating authority.
01:01But it is right that we would be wanting multi-unit sites.
01:06But there's still no insight as to how big a role nuclear could play in Australia's energy
01:12mix.
01:13The coalition arguing that decision will be informed by a new body it would set up if
01:18it forms government, offering little certainty for investors.
01:22When you destroy that confidence, you push up the cost of capital, you increase uncertainty
01:27and the renewable projects don't get built.
01:30As analysts fill the void on how much the plan could cost.
01:34The Smart Energy Council has analysed data from the CSIRO and Energy Market Operator,
01:40putting a price tag of between $116 and $600 billion on the opposition's plan.
01:47It's also looked at how much it would contribute to Australia's energy mix, putting that at
01:523.7 per cent.
01:54The Grattan Institute came up with a slightly lower figure.
01:57The government focusing on those policy unknowns ahead of a fortnight of parliamentary sittings.
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