Indonesia in Talks with US, Russia for Nuclear Power Technology

ENERGY - SINGAPORE. Indonesia is in talks with the United States and Russia for technology related to development of nuclear power plants, a deputy minister in the Indonesian government told Reuters on Friday.

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The Southeast Asian archipelago, which accounts for the lion's share of increasing coal use for power generation in the region, is considering operating nuclear capacity as early as 2036 to cut dependence on fossil fuels, said Vivi Yulaswati, deputy minister at the Ministry of National Development Planning.

The country of about 280 million people is open to both small modular reactors and conventional nuclear technology, Yulaswati said in a video interview.

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