Russia wants to work with Indonesia on the Southeast Asian nation’s first commercial nuclear power plants with an offer of cooperation that ranges from financing to workforce development and the deployment of floating reactors.
Russia’s ambassador to Indonesia Lyudmila Vorobieva told reporters that Moscow wants to help Jakarta tap into nuclear energy as it seeks to shift away from coal.
Separately, the Jakarta Globe reported that state-owned electricity company PLN expects nuclear power-generated electricity to enter the grid before 2040 to help meet the nation’s energy needs.
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