Thailand, Philippines embrace nuclear power to cut emissions

Small modular reactors seen as solution to meet energy demand, promote safety

20240325N Bataan nuclear plant

The Bataan nuclear power plant in the Philippines has sat idle since plans to put it into operation were abandoned in 1986. © Reuters

KOSUKE INOUE and YUICHI SHIGA, Nikkei staff writers

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.

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