The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approved Myanmar’s efforts to become a party to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Facilities and the Convention on Nuclear Safety yesterday, state media reported on 26 August.
During a parliamentary discussion, Lt-Col Myo Htet Win, Defence Services personnel Hluttaw representative, called on the government to encourage the peaceful use of nuclear energy, stressing the need of sooner enactment of Nuclear Safety Law in the country.
Another parliamentarian, Lt-Col Zaw Tun Oo, said that nuclear energy along with safety measures should be considered in the country’s drive to achieve social and economic goals of sustainable development, stressing the need of adequate electricity supply to attract more foreign investments, according to the report.