KINIGUIDE | Could small nuclear reactors power Malaysia’s future?

KINIGUIDE | On Aug 29, the government launched the second of its two-part National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR), which chart’s Malaysia’s path forward up to 2050 to decarbonise its energy supply.

While neither document mentions the word “nuclear” even once, both Economy Minister Mohd Rafizi Ramli and Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad have made clear that the "nuclear option" is still on the cards.

While emphasizing there will be stringent safety and security requirements to be met, both ministers argued at Energy Transition Conference that the future potential of small modular reactors (SMR) cannot be ignored and should at least be considered.