Australian Industry Group Chief Executive Innes Willox says it’s very clear nuclear needs to be kept “on the table” for reasons regarding emissions reduction, reliability and technological change.
“Now there’s going to be issues around cost and technological development, but the fact is that technology around nuclear has fundamentally changed,” he told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“If we’re going to reach those emission reduction targets and more, we’ve got to keep all options on the table, we can’t just be 100 per cent renewable, that’s not going to work.”
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