BANGKOK — Thailand is exploring small modular nuclear reactor technology as Southeast Asia's second-largest economy looks to diversify its energy mix amid dwindling reserves of natural gas that produces much of its power, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said.
BANGKOK — Thailand is exploring small modular nuclear reactor technology as Southeast Asia's second-largest economy looks to diversify its energy mix amid dwindling reserves of natural gas that produces much of its power, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said.
Under a previous power development plan, Thailand's first nuclear power plant was scheduled to begin operation in 2020 but the project was delayed after Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011.Southeast Asia currently has no operational nuclear reactor, although several countries in the region have sought to develop civilian nuclear projects, including through SMR technology.
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