Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (NECSA) CEO Dr Rob Adam is often called “Mr Nuclear”. Even prior to becoming CEO at NECSA, he was a leading proponent of increasing the country’s investment in nuclear energy as a key element in addressing future electricity generation needs.

In fact, as a former academic and former director general of Science and Technology, he is a proponent of many high-tech schemes and investments, including the construction of new base-load nuclear power stations, the pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) development project and the country’s ongoing investments in high-tech astronomy, including the bid to build the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in South Africa.