Singapore has not made any decision on the deployment of nuclear energy and is unable to commit to a timeline on taking a position regarding it, says Second Minister for Trade and Industry Dr Tan See Leng.
To this, Dr Tan said the government supports efforts to train scientists and experts in local and overseas universities. “For nuclear fusion, to answer the question, I think it's still quite nascent, and we are probably at least a decade away.” In response, Dr Tan said: “I think that the member presupposes that we made a decision on nuclear energy.”
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