Thailand will conduct a study on the construction of a nuclear power plant, the energy minister said.
Speaking after a seminar on "No Shortage of Thai Energy: Thai Logistics
in Progress", Arak Chonlatanon said the ministry was preparing the
country's new power production capacity development plan (PDP 2012) to
ensure energy sufficiency.
Thailand has utilised about 70 per cent of its natural gas and the
resource is expected to be depleted within the next 10 years.
"Nuclear energy carries the lowest cost in generating electricity. But
resistance to it among the public persists, as people are not confident
about nuclear safety after the [emergency] at Japan's Fukushima nuclear
power plant" in March 2011, Arak said.
In a meeting of Asean energy ministers in Cambodia, the Cambodian
government indicated that it was going to conduct a study into the
possibility of constructing a nuclear power plant on Kong Island as a
way to stimulate the country's economy.
Vietnam is constructing two 1,400-megawatt nuclear power plants.
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