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60 Minutes: Oct 21

On Sunday Tom Steinfort heads to Fukushima, plus an interview with Johnathan Thurston.

On Sunday’s 60 Minutes Tom Steinfort heads to Fukushima, plus an interview with Johnathan Thurston.

Going Nuclear
Who isn’t sick of expensive and unreliable electricity in this country? Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is and has made it one of his government’s priorities to lower our bills. But to do so, he says he may have to take provocative action, including overturning the current ban on nuclear power. It is a cheap and dependable power source, but opponents of the idea always scream two words: Chernobyl and Fukushima. They’re the scenes of the world’s worst nuclear meltdowns, catastrophic disasters which apparently prove that going nuclear is a dangerous, deadly option. But are the critics right? What if the reality is that nuclear power is nowhere near as threatening as we have all been led to believe? To test the theory, Tom Steinfort and Australian energy expert, Dr Ben Heard, venture deep into the infamous radioactive reactor at Fukushima in Japan.
Reporter: Tom Steinfort
Producer: Nick Greenaway

The Champion
On the field, Johnathan Thurston was such a skilful player that his legend transcended the sport of rugby league. Even one-eyed Aussie rules, rugby union and soccer fans applauded his brilliance. What makes this especially remarkable was that he almost didn’t make it. As a kid, footy clubs declared he was too scrawny to ever make an impact. How wrong they were. But in a career bursting with accolades, there have also been controversies and hardships. At 35, Thurston has decided it is time to hang up his boots, and talking to Allison Langdon on 60 Minutes, he looks back on a career that almost never happened.
Reporter: Allison Langdon
Producer: Bryce Corbett

8:30pm Sunday on Nine (it’s never 8:30).

2 Responses

  1. I have to agree with kaareziirsen. This story was like a paid report for the nuclear industry. It follows the fine tradition of the asbestos and nicotine industries. The story overlooked some aspects such as the cost of dismantling a nuclear power station, storage of spent fuel, high cost of nuclear generated electricity compared to renewables, availability due to routine maintenance, capital cost over-runs eg abandoned USA project estimated cost USD9.8B, spent USD2B after 5 years estimated cost to complete USD29B Predicted to be the last attempt to build a nuke in USA.

  2. Are you serious. Who paid for this story. You talked and excepted 1 persons idea of why nuclear power is so great ? No real journalism shown here. You did no serious journalism on this. What are you doing 60 minutes !!! Please spend some money and time to do some real journalism. This must be the most ridiculous and under investigated story I have seen on your show. See you later, no.

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