Energy security : would Vietnam’s Ninh Thuan nuclearise Southeast Asia?

• Main Author: Margareth Sembiring
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science::Military engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104352; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20181
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Vietnam plans to construct its first nuclear power plant in 2014 despite the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Although its initiative may act as a trailblazer in Southeast Asia, Hanoi’s nuclear-aspiring neighbours may see renewable energy as a better alternative to the region’s energy trilemma.