Malaysia has joined other Southeast Asian countries to consider introducing nuclear energy as many struggle with surging fuel prices caused by the war in Iran.

According to local news agency Bernama, Malaysia’s deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof appointed MyPower, an agency under the country’s Ministry of Energy Transition And Water Transformation, to study the potential feasibility of nuclear power.

The study will include the legal and regulatory frameworks that would need to be put in place for any nuclear project.

Yusof said that the initiative was aligned with the Thirteenth Malaysia Plan laid out by the government in July 2025.