Airdate: Going Nuclear: The Clean Energy Debate

Chris Kenny fronts a documentary Going Nuclear: The Clean Energy Debate on SKY News later this month.

The one-hour documentary examines and debates the technologies and policies being proposed by governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and suggests it cannot be achieved without employing nuclear energy.

Chris Kenny said: “Like it or lump it, we are heading to net zero. All major political parties, most nations and even big business are committing to this target, so the obvious questions is, how can it be done? We are being sold something of an untruth that you can get there with renewable energy and storage – in most countries that is impossible with current technology.

“Increasingly, environmentalists who worry about global warming are turning to nuclear energy as the technology that can produce high levels of reliable, affordable, zero emissions electricity. Yet in Australia – one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of uranium – we have actually banned nuclear power under the law. If you are serious about energy and prosperity, as well as low emissions, then nuclear must be part of the debate.”

Interviews include US activist, author and Time magazine ‘Hero of the Environment’ Michael Shellenberger, former UK Extinction Rebellion activist Zion Lights, and Professor Barry Brook who is Chair of Environmental Sustainability at the University of Tasmania.

Also featuring are nuclear engineer and former CEO of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Dr Adi Paterson, Australian lawyer Helen Cook, and Federal Resource Minister Keith Pitt.

Monday October 25 at 8pm on SKY News.