ASEAN's rising electricity demand and decarbonisation goals are driving interest in small modular reactors, but fragmented national regulatory frameworks, limited expertise and financing uncertainty could delay their deployment, write Ming Tan and Stephanie Liaw of engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald.
 

The Malaysian government is carrying out an assessment to examine the role of nuclear energy as "one of the clean, stable and competitive electricity sources in the country's future energy mix".
 

Japan's Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy has renewed an agreement with two Malaysian universities under which it will conduct a new international human resources development program to train workers for the nuclear power industry.

The IAEA's mandate could easily be changed to 'Atoms for Peace and Development', said its leader Yukiya Amano in Malaysia. He wants the organisation to be a "unique stakeholder" in global development.