23 APRIL 2025AlCircle.com
Feasibility check: Strategy of powering Aussie aluminium production firms with nuclear energy nothing but a theory?
Edited by : Pratyusha Chatterjee
5 min read
A recent study has found that three out of Australia’s four aluminium smelters face a serious risk of closure under proposed shifts in energy policy, a development that could shake the entire nation’s economy and threaten thousands of jobs. Why such a speculation? The federal opposition has pledged to construct seven nuclear power plants across five states if elected, arguing that their modelled plan could be 44 per cent cheaper than Labor’s renewable roadmap.
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So, what could unfold if the Coalition forms government and pushes this nuclear initiative forward?
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