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Thailand’s anxiety over Cambodia’s nuclear power plans

Army chief expresses worry over Cambodia nuclear plan http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/316243/army-chief-expresses-worry-over-cambodia-nuclear-plan  10/10/2012   Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has expressed concern over Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s plan to build a nuclear power plant in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province adjacent to Thailand’s Trat province.

Gen Prayuth said he wanted Cambodia to discuss the plan with other
Asean members first.

He was speaking after Hun Sen raised the matter at the 30th Asean
Ministers Meeting on Energy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, last month.

The meeting, themed Asean Green Connectivity, aimed to boost
co-operation in the energy sector among the bloc’s members and promote
the efficient use of energy, green energy and an integrated Asean
power grid.

Hun Sen said during the meeting that he was interested in building a
nuclear power plant in Koh Kong province to pave the way for economic
expansion in the country.

Energy Minister Arak Chonlatanon, who also attended the meeting, said
he was worried about the plan as Thailand would surely be affected by
it.

A Foreign Ministry official said Hun Sen’s plan was too ambitious as
the area still lacked proper public infrastructure systems for
construction of a nuclear power plant. He said Cambodia was only
conducting a feasibility study to build a coal power plant in Koh Kong
province and was inviting Thai companies to invest in the
construction.

October 10, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ASIA, politics international