Australia’s new chief scientist open to nuclear power but focused on energy forms available ‘right now’

Prof Tony Haymet says nuclear industry will need to rebuild their social licence' while noting solar and wind are incredibly cheap'

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Australia's new chief scientist has said he is open to the prospect of nuclear power playing a role in the country's energy mix, but remained focused on forms of energy that were available to help us right now".

On his first day in the job, Prof Tony Haymet said new energy-intensive technologies like artificial intelligence could be powered by renewables, but that he thought serious discussions about nuclear in Australia were likely to be years away.

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