Dutton’s claim that Australia is the only G20 nation not using nuclear power is misleading

What was claimed

Australia is the only G20 nation that doesn’t use nuclear power.

Our verdict

Misleading. Five other G20 nations don’t generate nuclear power, and two of those don’t use it.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton claims Australia is the only country not to use nuclear energy out of the world’s 20 largest economies. This is misleading. Five other nations in the top 20 — Germany, Italy, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia — do not generate nuclear energy. Germany, Italy and Türkiye import very small amounts of electricity generated from nuclear sources, but Indonesia and Saudi Arabia don’t consume any nuclear power.