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The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) next month will begin the feasibility study on operating a nuclear power plant in Thailand.
The study was expected to take two years to complete, said Kamol Takabut, an Egat assistant governor for power plant engineering, at the ASEAN+3 conference on nuclear energy.
Five candidates have been shortlisted to conduct the study: Black & Veatch Co and Burns & Roe from the US; Newjec Inc and the Japan Atomic Power Company from Japan; and AF Colenco Co from Switzerland. The project mandate will be awarded next month.
Dr Kamol said the study would review suitable sites for a plant, as well as issues dealing with environmental management and prevention, safety standards, human resources, legal and economic matters and project finance.
Egat, which has considered 50 potential sites from old studies since 1982, has narrowed the list to ten and plans to create a shortlist of three. Potential sites have not been announced.
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