A former Soviet scientist who witnessed one of history's worst nuclear disasters has called on Australia to embrace nuclear power.
Anatoly Rozenfeld visited the Chernobyl nuclear power plant more than 50 times in the three years following the 1986 nuclear meltdown.
The malfunction of a reactor triggered a mass release of radioactive material into the atmosphere — the extent of the fallout is still being assessed more than 30 years later.
Despite witnessing the disaster's devastating impacts, Professor Rozenfeld said he was confident there was a place for nuclear power in Australia's future energy mix.
"It's impossible to avoid nuclear power in the future because of the reliability of modern reactors," he said.
Soviet scientist Anatoly Rozenfeld
Vast improvements in nuclear technology since Chernobyl, he said, have made it one of the most stable sources of energy.
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