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  "id": 3136273,
  "title": "Plan to allow private sector role in nuclear SMR projects",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/plan-to-allow-private-sector-role-in-nuclear-smr-projects-3136273",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-24T22:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bangkok Post Business",
    "slug": "bangkok-post-business",
    "url": "https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3307404/plan-to-allow-private-sector-role-in-nuclear-smr-projects"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Thailand may allow private investors to develop and operate small modular reactors (SMRs) under the country's upcoming Power Development Plan (PDP), in a bid to replace ageing fossil-fuel small power producers (SPPs), according to an energy official who asked not to be named.",
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        "title": "Plan to allow private sector role in nuclear SMR projects",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/plan-to-allow-private-sector-role-in-nuclear-smr-projects",
        "published": "2026-08-24T22:50:00.000Z"
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