Nuclear energy is something Queensland LNP leader David Crisafulli has not wanted to spend any time talking about as he works to steer his party to victory in October’s election.

“That’s a discussion for Canberra,” Crisafulli said – as he has previously – amid eight back-to-back questions in Townsville on Wednesday about his federal colleagues’ nuclear vision.

David Crisafulli is at odds with federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s nuclear vision in Queensland.Credit: Darren England

But Peter Dutton’s pitch of seven potential nuclear reactors (including two in his home state) – which he hopes to pin his own election chances on by next May – have made that response untenable.

For starters, there are big unclear and unanswered questions about cost, or what type of reactors........

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