'A big risk': Voters wary of nuclear replacing coal-fired power

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Voters in Victoria's Latrobe Valley have raised the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters when asked about Peter Dutton's plan to build large-scale reactors near them, suggesting strong reservations about the energy plan.

As the Coalition finalises a policy for coal-fired power station sites to host nuclear energy - and for small modular reactor technology to be deployed in other places - focus group research in the federal electorate of Gippsland showed voters had safety concerns about living near a reactor.

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