Report Thailand Eyes Small Nuclear Reactors to Boost Clean Energy

[Jaggg88]

So, a country with an average of 360 days of sunshine is considering nuclear power. TiT

[black tabby12345]

 

Another quake in any neighboring countries, and  it could be a nuclear disaster next time.

[Purdey]

When a country can't even build a road like Rama II without killing people on a regular basis, then nuclear fusion, with the potential to kill or poison thousands, is probably not a good idea. Fusion plants may be the way forward but are not profit-making or used at commercial scale yet.

[PETERTHEEATER]

At some point in the future the natural gas supply out of Burma by pipeline feeding the electricity generating plant in Ratchaburi Province will expire. That plant is a significant contributor to Thailand's grid. The NG supply from the Gulf of Thailand exploited since 1970 is finite. Fossil fuel imports too are unreliable.

 

Wind, solar and other forms of generation can be regarded as contributors to the grid but not main suppliers.

 

The inevitable increase in demands of EVs alone has to be met and Thailand has no option but to consider alternative practical sources of generation one of which is the SMR.

 

Just my thoughts.

 

 

[Yagoda]

9 hours ago, Peterphuket said:

Also, take France as an example, they have only had nuclear reactors for many decades.

So have our carriers and subs.

 

The Russian ones tend to melt down

[TedG]

22 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

 

Exactly.

Cancer and lukemia rate in the area around Three Mile Island accident(3/28, 1979), are said to be 100 times higher than US average...

Here’s what’s known about cancer and leukemia rates around Three Mile Island (TMI):

 

 

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Background

 

 

• Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, had a partial nuclear reactor meltdown on March 28, 1979.
• The accident released a small amount of radioactive gases, mostly xenon and krypton, and small amounts of iodine-131.

 

 

 

 

 

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Cancer & Leukemia Studies

 

 

1. Initial Government & Independent Studies (1980s–1990s)
   • The U.S. NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and several independent studies concluded that the radiation exposure to the surrounding population was very low — equivalent to a chest X-ray for people nearby.
   • The National Cancer Institute (NCI) did a large study in 1990 comparing cancer mortality rates around 107 U.S. nuclear facilities (including TMI) to matched control counties. It found no significant increase in total cancer or leukemia rates in the counties near TMI compared to the general population.
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3. Later Studies
   • Columbia University Study (1991): Found no significant overall increase in cancer rates related to the accident, but noted possible clusters that could be due to chance or other factors.
   • Local Studies & Activist Research: Some community-based research suggested possible small increases in lung cancer and leukemia rates, but these findings have generally not been supported by large epidemiological studies.
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5. Recent Reviews
   • No major, large-scale new studies have shown a clear link between the TMI incident and higher rates of leukemia or other cancers.
   • The NRC, NCI, and Pennsylvania Department of Health have maintained that any increases are within normal statistical variation for cancer clusters and that radiation doses were too low to cause detectable health effects.
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Key Takeaway

 

 

• Most peer-reviewed research has found no statistically significant increase in cancer or leukemia rates linked to the TMI accident.
• Some small, localized studies have found possible clusters, but these are not consistent across broader population data.
• The consensus among major health and nuclear agencies is that the incident did not cause measurable long-term public health impacts.

 

 

 

 

If you’d like, I can pull up specific cancer rate data for Dauphin County or the immediate area around TMI, or share more recent studies — just let me know!

[BarraMarra]

I live fairly close to Sellafield where most of the spent fuel from Reactors are sent to be dealt with some spent fuel Rods are stored in Ponds where they will remain forever or untill they can be safely stored. The realy naughty stuff is dealt with and stored as plastic pucks they are sealed in concrete and lead shilded and placed in a underground containment storage for the next few thousand years. I worked on most Nuclear Power Stations around the UK and the safety was top priority. Once you enter a reactor area you are taught to undress and wear a protective suit. I cant see the Thais being this safety conscious one lapse in safety and an escaping radiated cloud will be put out into the Atmosphere.

[Gknrd]

No sweat, China will loan the money for them. Build them. Politicians in Thailand will relocate to a safe country to spend their wealth.  Win win situation.  

[emptypockets]

There has been a research reactor in Bangkok for decades.

And a similar research unit Australia in Sydney.

Both are critical to make products in nuclear medicine amongst others.

[FritsSikkink]

Nuclear power isn't clean energy.

[newbee2022]

On 7/14/2025 at 8:39 PM, Yagoda said:

Modular nuclear reactors are safe. Texas has several companies getting ready to make them

...and because Texas get them....they are safe?

Btw safety..... wasn't it a flooding recently? How many died?

Btw safety..... isn't there a president who makes the world unsafe ??? I mean Trump. Agent Orange.

[JJ-Thailand]

On 7/14/2025 at 8:39 PM, Yagoda said:

Modular nuclear reactors are safe.

They might be safe but how about security and terrorist acts?

[quake]

6 minutes ago, JJ-Thailand said:

They might be safe but how about security and terrorist acts?

 

I think they will keep the police well away from the site. 

[scorecard]

On 7/14/2025 at 8:40 PM, black tabby12345 said:

 

And they will secretly draw the Vip-Only evacuation procedure.

Helicopter from the house garden to Sattahip Naval Base where their only aircraft carrier is harbored.

 

Maybe they could have an add on - a facility to use the voting card of the parliamentary member by remote.  

[StayinThailand2much]

On 7/14/2025 at 4:11 PM, Lacessit said:

Nuclear reactors generate low-level, medium, and high level waste during the fission process. These wastes require storage from anywhere between a few weeks to 240,000 years as they decay.

 

There is nothing clean about nuclear reactors.

 

If you swim at Thailand's beaches, then glow in the dark, no reason to ask why... 😆 

[Donga]

On 7/14/2025 at 11:21 PM, black tabby12345 said:

 

Exactly.

Cancer and lukemia rate in the area around Three Mile Island accident(3/28, 1979), are said to be 100 times higher than US average...

Crap. Pls provide credible source. While at it look at WHO numbers of deaths from radiation at Fukushima, got one hand?

How anyone can be big on the environment and ignorant on nuclear is so dumb. Fortunately that is receding and nuclear is finally undergoing a resurgence, partly due to increased awareness of the limitations of renewables only energy.

If you're unclear on this, pls do some basic research on death numbers from the few nuclear incidents, the views from the  likes of OECD, International Energy Agency and UNIPCC. Then you might do a case study on Germany, ex poster child for too much reliance on renewables, shut down nuclear, back to coal -> higher emissions and energy costs, recession.

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