BANGKOK/MANILA -- Thailand and the Philippines are charging ahead with plans to start nuclear reactors by the next decade as momentum grows in Southeast Asia toward the region's first operational power plant.
Small modular reactors seen as solution to meet energy demand, promote safety
The Bataan nuclear power plant in the Philippines has sat idle since plans to put it into operation were abandoned in 1986. © Reuters
BANGKOK/MANILA -- Thailand and the Philippines are charging ahead with plans to start nuclear reactors by the next decade as momentum grows in Southeast Asia toward the region's first operational power plant.