Tag: small modular reactors

Former Dow CEO Backs Nuclear for Australia

July 23, 2023
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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…

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Senators Demand Lifting Nuclear Ban To Ensure Reliable Energy Future

August 16, 2021
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Senators are calling to uproot Australian legislation banning nuclear energy, suggesting that the technology could play a key role in ensuring energy reliability amid a pivot away from fossil fuels. This comes after an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report spurred environmental activists to vandalised Parliament House and demanded Australia do more to address climate…

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Australia-UK Partnership Includes ‘Ridiculous’ Nuclear Energy Research

July 30, 2021
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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…

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