Huge Water Consumption Makes Nuclear Unsuitable for Australia: Environmental Group

An environmental group has said nuclear power is unsuitable for Australia due to its significant water demand.
Jane Sultana, the secretary of the Latrobe Valley Sustainability Group, raised concerns about nuclear power plants’ water consumption and its impact on the environment at a recent inquiry hearing on nuclear power generation.
Citing data from some experts who have talked to her group, Sultana said nuclear power stations used around 20-25 percent more water than coal-fired plants.
“Increasing demand for limited local water supplies means we just cannot afford to support nuclear development in the La Trobe Valley or anywhere in Australia,” she told the Select Committee on Nuclear Energy….