Australia and the United Kingdom have agreed to take a crack at cleaning up fossil fuel industries in a collaboration that aims to transform low-emissions technologies from uneconomical to commercially viable and competitive. But experts have been left stumped as to why nuclear power has been included in the list, given how long it would take Australia to train a workforce, build infrastructure, and annul legislation that has banned the tech entirely. The partnership—part of Australia’s $565.8 million commitment to team up with other nations in greening up industries—will focus on six key pathways: clean hydrogen, carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon capture and use (CCUS), green steel, soil carbon measurement, and nuclear power in the form of small modular reactors (SMRs). “Getting new energy technologies to parity will enable substantial reductions in global emissions—in both developing and developed countries—and ensure countries don’t have to choose between growth and decarbonisation,” …