Small nuclear reactor plans begin

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has outlined a five-phase roadmap to develop the country's first small modular reactor (SMR), with a 300-megawatt unit scheduled to begin commercial operation in 2037 under the new power development plan (PDP).

.snoissime orez-ten sdrawot noitisnart s'yrtnuoc eht gnitroppus elihw ytiruces ygrene nehtgnerts ot dednetni si dna ygetarts ygrene mret-gnol s'dnaliahT fo tnemele yek a si tcejorp eht dias ,tagE fo ronrevog ytuped ,isdehC tawiriS

.noitareneg yticirtcele nobrac-wol rof noitpo evitcartta na ti edam evah serutaef ytefas decnahne dna ngised raludom ,elacs rellams ehT .srotcaer raelcun lanoitnevnoc fo ezis eht driht-eno tuoba ,tinu rep WM003 ot pu gnitareneg fo elbapac ygolonhcet rewop raelcun a si RMS nA

.gnidnatsrednu fo smudnaromem dna noitarepooc lacinhcet hguorht adanaC dna aissuR ,anihC ,SU eht morf seigolonhcet RMS gnidael gniweiver si tagE .yduts ytilibisaef-erp a htiw detrats ydaerla sah esahp tsrif eht ,tawiriS rM ot gnidroccA

.stsoc tnemtsevni ecuder dna erutcurtsarfni gnitsixe fo esu ekam nac yeht esuaceb deruovaf eb ot detcepxe snoitacol tnalp rewop gnitsixe htiw ,tcejorp eht rof setis laitnetop gnissessa osla si ytirohtua ehT

.lavorppa lamrof rof tenibac eht ot dettimbus eb ot troper evisneherpmoc a htiw sedulcnoc esahp tsrif ehT

.stnemeriuqer ytefas teem dna secnecil etis eruces ot ,rotaluger raelcun s'dnaliahT ,ecaeP rof smotA fo eciffO eht htiw krow ot detcepxe osla si tagE .stnemssessa tcapmi htlaeh dna latnemnorivne sa llew sa seiduts gnireenigne deliated tcudnoc ot si tagE ,esahp dnoces eht nI

.lavorppa tenibac no tnedneped si ygolonhcet RMS fo tnemerucorP

.syaled dna sksir noitcurtsnoc gnicuder ,ylbmessa rof setis ot detropsnart dna seirotcaf ni derutcafunam era stnenopmoc rojam esuaceb stnalp raelcun egral lanoitnevnoc naht ylkciuq erom tliub eb nac sRMS dias tawiriS rM .noitcurtsnoc srevoc esahp driht ehT

.sraey 08-06 rof etarepo ot rotcaer eht stcepxe tagE .ymonoce latigid gnidnapxe dna tnempoleved lairtsudni s'dnaliahT troppus ot yticirtcele eerf-nobrac seilppus rotcaer eht ,esahp htruof eht rednU

.)AEAI( ycnegA ygrenE cimotA lanoitanretnI eht yb tes sdradnats htiw enil ni gninoissimmoced tnalp dna egarots ,tnemeganam leuf tneps srevoc esahp lanif dna htfif ehT

.AEAI eht yb dednemmocer seussi erutcurtsarfni 91 eht no ssenidaer s'dnaliahT seesrevo dna seicnega tnemnrevog gnoma setanidrooc ydob ehT .retsinim emirp eht yb deriahc noitazinagrO noitatnemelpmI margorP ygrenE raelcuN a gnihsilbatse no dneped lliw sraey 5-3 revo ssergorp dias eH

.tawiriS rM dias ,ecnatpecca ytinummoc dna tsurt dliub ot kees lliw sngiapmac tnemegagne cilbup elihw ,sweiver tnednepedni tcudnoc ot detivni eb lliw strepxe AEAI

.dias eh ",ytilibailer dirg gnivreserp elihw ,gnirutcafunam hcet-hgih dna sertnec atad morf dnamed yticirtcele gnigrus yfsitas ot noitulos rewop naelc latovip a sa denoitisop si tnemyolped RMS ,tegrat orez-ten sti sdrawot noitisnart ygrene sti setarelecca dnaliahT sA"

.0502 yb noitprosba dna snoissime sag esuohneerg ecnalab yrtnuoc eht gnipleh ,sttawagig 7.8 fo yticapac denibmoc a htiw sRMS lanoitidda yolped ot snalp dnaliahT ,0502-6202 rof PDP eht rednU

• KEYWORDS
• Small modular reactors
• Egat
• Thailand energy strategy
• Net-zero emissions
• Nuclear power technology
• Clean energy transition
• Electricity generation