The real problem is that a privately run facility would turn out too costly in Australia & a State-run plant would not be manned by competent operators !
Just get a decommissioned submarine run by retired submariners & put it into a lake & presto-affordable power !

Old open cut mines could perhaps make perfect cooling systems for small nuclear power plants !

"Just get a decommissioned submarine run by retired submariners & put it into a lake & presto-affordable power !" - Indyvidual

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! Now I have heard it all, a clapped out nuclear tub sitting in a lake somewhere, run by a bunch of silly old oompa loompa's. No doubt they would be under the command of Captain Hassy Bilgewater. As I said; Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Captain Hassy Bilgewater
Paul1405,
He actually was a real Captain whereas you're a mere incompetent bureaudroid hell-bent on fighting against good will & integrity !
Why ? Well, only you & those who indoctrinated you know that !

Of course we should be building the latest coal plants. Not only the cheapest power available, but free fertaliser for nature & our crops.

On that free fertaliser, & where it actually comes from. A few years back a paper on CO2 sources was published by a Japanese group reporting on findings from a new satellite.

They found a huge plume of CO2 emitted by the Amazon to be the greatest anywhere. Next came Borneo & Indonesia, followed by north Queensland rain forest areas. It was way down the list that the first industrial city appeared.

This report disappeared very quickly, greenies wouldn't want their narrative that trees consume CO2 destroyed by facts. I wonder what road gang those researchers are now on driving a pick & shovel?