Thailand includes nuclear power as a future electricity supply option

ByRod Adams

Thailand, like many rapidly developing countries, has a growing need for more power. It has plans to build about 32,000 MW of new capacity during the next fifteen years – with the vast majority of that capacity coming from coal and gas fired plants. However the plan does include about 5,000 MW of capacity from nuclear power that will start to come on line at the end of the plan’s time horizon.

You can read more at Nuclear power proposal revived published on March 3, 2007 in the bangkokpost.com business section under the heading of alternative energy.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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