Jakarta eyes nuclear power tech with US, Russia


Russian President Vladimir Putin received Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia's defense minister and president-elect, at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 31. - AP

JAKARTA: Indonesia is in talks with the United States and Russia about acquiring technology to develop nuclear power plants, a deputy minister told Reuters on Friday.

South-East Asia’s biggest economy is looking at operating nuclear power plants as early as 2036 to cut its dependence on fossil fuels, said Vivi Yulaswati, a deputy at the National Development Planning Ministry.

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