1. Southeast Asia’s Clean Energy Transition: A Role for Nuclear Power?
- Author:
- David Santoro, Elrika Hamdi, Sabar Md. Hashim, Shwe Yee Oo, and Julius Caesar Trajano
- Publication Date:
- 06-2023
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Pacific Forum
- Abstract:
- To bring clarity on these developments and their implications in Southeast Asia, the Pacific Forum commissioned several Southeast Asian scholars to write analytical papers on the energy transition that is underway in the region, which are compiled in this volume. Each chapter looks at the current and possible future energy landscape of a specific Southeast Asian country and focuses especially on the place and role of nuclear power in it. This “nuclear focus” is important because, for decades, most Southeast Asian countries have expressed on-and-off interest in nuclear power but never brought it online. Interest is now picking up again, especially for SMRs, so if this time one or several Southeast Asian countries successfully went nuclear, it would be a first. It is good timing, therefore, to devote attention to how Southeast Asian countries are thinking about nuclear power in today’s context, for multiple reasons, including those related to safety, security, and safeguards.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Nuclear Power, Energy Transition, and Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
- Political Geography:
- Southeast Asia