Interest in nuclear energy is fast gaining momentum in South Asia and its immediate neighbourhood. While India and Pakistan have proven nuclear programmes including civil and military, there is a ‘resurgent interest’ in nuclear energy technology in Myanmar. Myanmar aspires to develop nuclear technology and as a developing country, seeks to “narrow the development gap so as not to be marginalized”. Although it has given the alibi of ‘peaceful’ use of nuclear weapons as an alternative source for generating for energy, Myanmar is virtually sitting on a lake of huge offshore oil and natural gas reserves that have the potential to meet its domestic demand for energy in the long future as various global reports show.
Interest in nuclear energy is fast gaining momentum in South Asia and its immediate neighbourhood. While India and Pakistan have proven nuclear programmes including civil and military, there is a ‘resurgent interest’ in nuclear energy technology in Myanmar. Myanmar aspires to develop nuclear technology and as a developing country, seeks to “narrow the development gap so as not to be marginalized”. Although it has given the alibi of ‘peaceful’ use of nuclear weapons as an alternative source for generating for energy, Myanmar is virtually sitting on a lake of huge offshore oil and natural gas reserves that have the potential to meet its domestic demand for energy in the long future as various global reports show.