Cambodia looking into nuclear power as an energy source

“Nuclear power is a possibility because our neighbours are doing it, so we have to study it and see how dangerous it is,” Ith Praing, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy said, adding that “it’s still a long way to go, even by 2030. We will not have used all of our resources.”

Cambodian scientists have begun to study nuclear technology  in a bid to keep apace with Southeast Asian neighbours who are planning to build plants in the next few years.

Last year, Cambodia had said that it wanted to attract about $3 billion in foreign investment to build six hydropower plants by 2018.

A state-run newspaper reported that Vietnam, Cambodia’s neighbour, plans to start building its first nuclear power plant in 2014 using Russian technology.