‘Anti-nuclear zealot’: Peta Credlin slams Chris Bowen’s ‘own-goal’ on nuclear

Sky News host Peta Credlin has slammed Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen as an “anti-nuclear zealot” after inflating the cost of the Coalition’s proposed nuclear strategy. Mr Bowen claimed the Coalition’s plan to convert coal-fired power stations into nuclear small modular reactors would cost $387 billion. The Minister’s estimates allegedly factor in 70 new reactors, when experts say Australia may only need 10 reactors. “So on balance, Bowen's attack on nuclear power really looks more like an own-goal than a political winner – especially since Labor's so-called energy transition is just not happening as planned,” she said. “There is nothing like the 22,000 new solar panels going in every single day or the 40 large wind turbines every single month – let alone the 10,000 plus kilometres of new transmission lines, that Bowen himself has said were needed for the next seven years to meet Labor's legislated targets.”