ASEAN Energy Insight
Q1 2019
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Nuclear in ASEAN
There are 5 AMS frontrunners in developing nuclear for power
utilization in ASEAN: INA, MLY, PHI, THA, VIN
INDONESIA
PHILIPPINES
VIETNAM
CAMBODIA
LAO PDR
THAILAND
MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
MYANMAR

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How ASEAN Member States progresses towards Civilian
Nuclear Energy?
Let’s observe the news we collected in 2018…
Nuclear is among the least reported topic in the news in 2018,
which only accounted to 1.2% of the total news collected through
our news clipping last year.

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How does Nuclear progresses in ASEAN?
 Several AMS frontrunners has withdrawn its nuclear plan
Vietnam
Malaysia
Thailand
Malaysia won’t use nuclear power and would
continue to rely on fuel sources and renewables
to generate electricity
Vietnam has also halted its plan to build its first
nuclear plan due to economic reasons, especially
given the fact that there are cheaper fuel options
to generate energy are available in the country
Thailand has also removed the plan to have its
first nuclear plan by 2035 in the new launched
Power Development Plan 2020-2037.
Several hindrance
factors
Impact of Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear incident in 2011
Public perception &
acceptance is low
Long construction period 
high risk of ballooning cost
Cheaper fuel & resource
option are available in the
country
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster,
Japan, 2011
(Source: ejatlas)

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How does Nuclear progresses in ASEAN?
 Other AMS frontrunner in nuclear still keen to pursue its plan and moving forward with it
Philippines still shown great
interest in pursuing nuclear in the
near future.
Philippines
Philippines take the lead in the
chairmanship of the Nuclear
Energy Cooperation Sub-Sector
Network (NEC-SSN) under
starting last year, replacing
Malaysia.
The strong interest is also shown by the
its will to explore in reviving the
mothballed 620 MW Bataan Nuclear
power plan to ensure energy security.
DOE has set a rehabilitation plan
for the Bataan Nuclear Power
Plan which includes inviting
South Korea and Russia to
submit feasibility study.
continued with the effort of conducting
INIR mission with the IAEA) at the
request of the country government
Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
(Source: Philstar Global)
Energy Secretary Cusi open the INIR
mission
(Source: Philippines Department of
Energy)

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How does Nuclear progresses in ASEAN?
 Other AMS frontrunner in nuclear still keen to pursue its plan and moving forward with it
Indonesia
Amidst uncertain status if the
country will pursue nuclear or
not, INA continue with a plan
for building Experimental
Power Reactor
Indonesia’s National Atomic Energy
Agency (BATAN) has launched a
roadmap last year for developing
the detail engineering design for its
Experimental Power Reactor
The plan has been developed
since 2014 and now it is
waiting for the site licensing
from BAPETEN before began
with the construction
BATAN plans to envisage the
small modular reactor for
populous island such as Java,
Bali and Sumatra, and for other
island which needs power and
heat for industrial use like
Kalimantan and Sulawesi.
The design concept for Experimental
Power Reactor Plant (Image: Batan)

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How does Nuclear progresses in ASEAN?
• AMS continue to strengthen and enhance international nuclear cooperation
Indonesia Philippines Vietnam
• Indonesia and IAEA signed a
practical arrangement to
promote nuclear science and
technology and to strengthen
technical cooperation among
developing countries.
• Indonesia also extended the
cooperation with China in the
area of nuclear by signing an
agreement with Tsinghua
University to cooperate on
human resource capacity
building.
• DOST signed an MoU with
Russia’s State Atomic Energy
Cooperation (ROSATOM) in 2017
and since last year the
cooperation took effect.
• With the support of IAEA,
Vietnam Atomic Energy
Agency signed an MoU with
Australian Nuclear Science
and Technology Organization
(ANSTO) in October 2018 to
establish a new cooperative
for the peaceful application of
nuclear science and
technology.
IAEA and Indonesia Minister of Research, Technology & Higher
Education at the signing of the practical arrangement
(Image: IAEA)

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ASEAN Nuclear development ahead
Issues on Nuclear development in AMS
What is concern on nuclear power plant?
• To go or not to go for AMS
• Will nuclear be cheaper source in AMS?
• Nuclear utilization other than for power
• High investment cost  high risk for new
comers country
• Security and Safety
• Public acceptance
• Other resource option are available in AMS

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