{"id":2362,"date":"2024-04-04T17:45:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T06:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecam.org.au\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T07:52:13","slug":"scam-watch-nuclear-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecam.org.au\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/scam-watch-nuclear-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam watch &#8211; nuclear energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2362\" class=\"elementor elementor-2362\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7092385 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7092385\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05f70b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05f70b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There has been much, too much, about nuclear power as a solution to Australia&#8217;s decarbonisation challenge. But it is a scam<\/p>\n<p>The case is simple &#8211; if nuclear power was a low cost source of power, then the US of America, a leading nuclear technology nation, would be building heaps of it. 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