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Late on Friday afternoon the Government released the official peer review of the Switkowski draft report. The peer review was chaired by pro-nuclear Australian Chief Scientist Dr Jim Peacock.
Steve Campbell, campaigns manager for Greenpeace Australia Pacific said: “Initially the Government refused to release the peer review and now they have sneaked it out late on a Friday afternoon. It is no surprise that the Government wanted to cover it up.
"The review declares that nuclear activities need not be part of a response to climate change. Furthermore the review finds it unrealistic that nuclear power could be developed in the timeline outline by Ziggy Switkowski.
“This means that the supposed nuclear greenhouse gas savings outlined by Switkowski, already small, have also been torpedoed.
"The review vindicates Greenpeace’s position that nuclear power is too slow, too expensive and too dangerous to be any solution to climate change.
Some quotes from the scientific review Panel released on Friday include:
-"Expansion of nuclear fuel cycle activities need not be part of a response to climate change."
-"The draft report appears to the Review Panel to underestimate the challenge that will confront Australia if it should choose to expand the scope of its nuclear activities."
-"In our view it is unrealistic to believe that a reactor could be operating in as little as ten years. Similarly, the view that only 20 people a year would need to undergo relevant training and education is an underestimate."
“In the wake of this report the Government should abandon its nuclear folly and get on with the real solutions to climate change. Renewable energy and energy efficiency could slash Australia's greenhouse gases by far more than that and in a much shorter time frame,” concluded Mr Campbell.
Steve Campbell, campaigns manager for Greenpeace Australia Pacific said: “Initially the Government refused to release the peer review and now they have sneaked it out late on a Friday afternoon. It is no surprise that the Government wanted to cover it up.
"The review declares that nuclear activities need not be part of a response to climate change. Furthermore the review finds it unrealistic that nuclear power could be developed in the timeline outline by Ziggy Switkowski.
“This means that the supposed nuclear greenhouse gas savings outlined by Switkowski, already small, have also been torpedoed.
"The review vindicates Greenpeace’s position that nuclear power is too slow, too expensive and too dangerous to be any solution to climate change.
Some quotes from the scientific review Panel released on Friday include:
-"Expansion of nuclear fuel cycle activities need not be part of a response to climate change."
-"The draft report appears to the Review Panel to underestimate the challenge that will confront Australia if it should choose to expand the scope of its nuclear activities."
-"In our view it is unrealistic to believe that a reactor could be operating in as little as ten years. Similarly, the view that only 20 people a year would need to undergo relevant training and education is an underestimate."
“In the wake of this report the Government should abandon its nuclear folly and get on with the real solutions to climate change. Renewable energy and energy efficiency could slash Australia's greenhouse gases by far more than that and in a much shorter time frame,” concluded Mr Campbell.
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