The former CEO of Dow Chemical has backed Australia’s adoption of nuclear power.
Andrew Liveris, now president of the Organising Committee for the 2032 Games, said the Australian government needed to seriously consider small modular reactors (SMRs).
“I definitely am in the school of thinking that when you think about the technologies to get us to zero emissions, carbon-positive, you cannot take SMRs out of the conversation,” he told the Weekend Australian newspaper.
“I’m a fan of all of the above-green hydrogen, carbon capture, and storage, a price on carbon, and if we can get pumped hydro to be built and economic, for that as well. But I don’t think you can drop SMRs off the menu because of some outdated view of nuclear power. I think you’ve got to be very current on what SMRs are, and what they are not.”…