BANGKOK, 25 April 2019(NNT) – The National Nuclear Technology Institute and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in plasma fusion technology development in bid to design and develop a tokamak prototype which will be operable in five years.
Phornthep Nisamaneephong, the director of the National Nuclear Technology Institute, and Phatthana Saengsrirot, a deputy EGAT governor, signed the MOU to conduct joint research and development of plasma fusion technology in Thailand. It is an alternative clean energy type for use in the generating of electricity in the future. EGAT’s expertise in electrical engineering and electrical system design will be combined with the National Nuclear Technology Institute’s expertise in research and development of nuclear power to create innovation which will be useful to society and the national economy.
EGAT engineers will also join in a development project on tokamak energy, provided by China, as an important system for magnetic storage of plasma and for research on fusion nuclear energy. The system is expected to be developed and operable within five years in order to make use of plasma fusion in the agricultural sector, germ-eliminating processes for food and farm products. In the medical sector, plasma fusion energy can heal infected and chronic wounds, nurture the facial skin and help with the treatment of garbage and waste. EGAT might conduct research and development into fusion technology as an alternative energy source to cut the cost of electricity for the people in the future.
