Indonesia Eyes Nuclear Option in Bid to Grow Energy and Cut Emissions

Can Indonesia go nuclear by 2032? Big plans, big hurdles ahead

JAKARTA, May 27 — Indonesia is hoping going nuclear can help it meet soaring energy demand while taming emissions, but faces serious challenges to its goal of a first small modular reactor by 2032. Its first experiment with nuclear energy dates to February 1965, when then-president Sukarno inaugurated a test reactor. Sixty years later, Southeast Asia's largest economy has three research reactors but no nuclear power plants for electricity. Abund…

Indonesia eyes nuclear option in bid to grow energy and cut emissions

It aims to set up its first small modular reactor by 2032, but challenges including finding a suitable location and a lack of local expertise might present hurdles.

Nuclear option: Indonesia seeks to grow energy, cut emissions

Indonesia is hoping going nuclear can help it meet soaring energy demand while taming emissions, but faces serious challenges to its goal of a first small modular reactor by 2032.

Nuclear Option: Indonesia Seeks To Grow Energy, Cut Emissions

Indonesia is hoping going nuclear can help it meet soaring energy demand while taming emissions, but faces serious challenges to its goal of a first small modular reactor by 2032.

Indonesia hopes a switch to nuclear power can help meet soaring energy demand, but faces serious challenges in getting its first reactor up and running.

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