New chief scientist open to nuclear energy. Just not right now

Freshly minted chief scientist Tony Haymet won’t rule out nuclear energy as a power source to drive Australia’s participation in the global artificial intelligence boom but says right now the national focus should be on scaling renewables infrastructure for wind and solar.

Professor Haymet said the fast-evolving worldwide market for AI products and services was an opportunity for Australia as a host for AI data centres powered by renewable energy.

Appointed as chief scientist on Tuesday, he said Australia was an attractive location for power-hungry AI data centres, and said the data centre sector should be viewed as an export opportunity if the nation can scale cheap, abundant wind and solar power.

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