BANGKOK — Thailand is exploring small modular nuclear reactor technology as Southeast Asia's second-largest economy looks to diversify its energy mix amid dwindling reserves of natural gas that produces much of its power, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said.

"Our green transition goal is one of the most ambitious in Southeast Asia, and we have a comprehensive road map in place to have 50 percent of energy production be renewable by 2040," Srettha said in a speech on Friday at an American Chamber of Commerce event in Bangkok.

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