Thailand looks to China for nuclear safety advice

Several sectors expected to benefit from small reactors

PUBLISHED : 24 Oct 2026 at 05:02

A nuclear research reactor at the Office of Atoms for Peace, which is supporting Thailand's plan to adopt small modular reactors to produce clean energy.

Thailand is reaching out to China's expanding nuclear industry to help establish safety rules for its first small modular reactor (SMR), which is planned for deployment within the next decade.

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.devorppa ro noitcurtsnoc rednu 65 rehtona htiw ,srotcaer 46 detarepo anihC ,tsuguA fo sA

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.dias eh ,7202 ylrae ni noitarepo nigeb ot tes si hcihw ,RMS desab-dnal laicremmoc tsrif s'dlrow eht ,naniaH ni 001PCA eht si kramhcneb tuodnats A

.)RSRG( weiveR ytefaS rotcaeR cireneG )AEAI( s'ycnegA ygrenE cimotA lanoitanretnI eht dessap evah ot ediwdlrow RMS tsrif eht si dna ,noitanilased retaw dna sdirg rewop llams ,sdnalsi etomer rof detius-llew si ti ,eludom rep sttawagem 521 gnicudorP

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.3202 ni noitarepo nageb hcihw ,rotcaer III-neG enO gnolauH eht si yrogetac siht ni RMS enO

.gneurgnuR rD dias ",dradnats noitaulave ytefas yramirp ruo sa RSRG s'AEAI eht esu lliw eW"

.deton eh ,srotcaer lairtsudni ro sRMS stpoda dnaliahT fi laitnesse si hcihw ,seitilicaf gnitaolf dna seigolonhcet gnilooc wen sesserdda taht krowemarf gnisnecil deliated a gnitfard era srotalugeR

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.seigolonhcet noitaidar wen rof sessecorp lavorppa htiw gnideecorp si eciffo eht ,buh erutlucirga eulav-hgih dna lacidem gnidael a gnimoceb fo noitibma s'dnaliahT troppus oT

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.sertnec atad dna seirtsudni nredom morf dnamed yticirtcele gniworg yldipar etadommocca dna snoissime sag esuohneerg orez-ten gniveihca fo laog s'yrtnuoc eht troppus ,ytiruces ygrene lanoitan ecnahne ot )PDP( nalp tnempoleved rewop 6202 sti otni sRMS gnitaroprocni si dnaliahT

.PDP eht rednu 7302 ni noitarepo laicremmoc nigeb ot deludehcs tinu WM003 a htiw ,RMS tsrif s'yrtnuoc eht poleved ot sdnetni tagE .secitcarp tseb dna ytilibisaef lacinhcet yduts ot SU eht htiw stnemeerga gningis dna srentrap lanoitanretni htiw gnitaroballoc era )tagE( dnaliahT fo ytirohtuA gnitareneG yticirtcelE eht gnidulcni seicnegA