Southeast Asia Explores $200 Billion Nuclear Power Future

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The nuclear energy fever has reached Southeast Asia, a region heavily dependent on coal and gas for electricity generation, with no operational nuclear reactors.  As nuclear power has seen a renaissance in many countries, except Germany, in recent years, Southeast Asia’s fast-growing economies have started to draft plans to use nuclear reactors to meet rising power demand while reducing carbon emissions.  While Asia, thanks to China and India, is leading global nuclear development and reactor buildout, the Southeast Asian region…