The coalition has unveiled a list of sites where it proposes building nuclear power plants if it wins power at the next election
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QUEENSLAND
* Tarong Power Station north of Brisbane in the LNP strong-hold of Maranoa held by Nationals Leader David Littleproud is a coal-fired power station on 1500 hectares and has a maximum generating capacity of 1400 megawatts
* Callide Power Station west of Gladstone in the LNP safe seat of Flynn, held by the Nationals' Colin Boyce and is a retired coal-fired power station that had maximum generating capacity of 1720 megawatts and went offline in 2022
NSW
* Liddell Power Station northwest of Newcastle in the marginal Labor seat of Hunter held by Dan Repacholi is a shuttered coal-fired power station on approximately 10,000 hectares with a maximum generating capacity of 2000 megawatts
* Mount Piper Power Station in the NSW central west is in the former Nationals seat of Calare that's now held by Independent Andrew Gee and is a coal-fired plant on 800 hectares with a combined generating capacity of 1400 megawatts
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
* Northern Power Station in Port Augusta is in the safe Liberal seat of Grey held by Rowan Ramsey and was a coal-fired plant on 1068 hectares that was demolished after closing in 2016
VICTORIA
* Loy Yang Power Station in the Latrobe Valley in the safe Nationals seat of Gippsland held by Darren Chester is a brown coal-fired power station on 6000 hectares with a maximum generating capacity of 2215 megawatts
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
*Muja Power Station east of Collie in the Liberal strong-hold seat of O'Connor is held by Rick Wilson and is an operating coal-fired power station with a maximum generating capacity of 854 megawatts
Australian Associated Press
