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Laos Looks To Russia As It Joins Southeast Asian Nations Planning For Nuclear

By David Dalton
6 August 2025

Landlocked country wants to reduce reliance on hydropower

Laos Looks To Russia As It Joins Southeast Asian Nations Planning For Nuclear
Laos is known as the ‘battery of Southeast Asia’ due to its significant reliance on hydropower for electricity generation. Courtesy Oliver Spalt/Creative Commons LIcence.
Laos and Russia have signed a roadmap that could lead to plans for a first nuclear power plant in the landlocked southeast Asian country, reports in Russia said.

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