Myanmar Confirms Plans To Build Nuclear Research Reactor

The United States warned Myanmar on Tuesday that it must honor its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, after Yangon signalled that it intended to build a nuclear reactor with Russian help.

By Space Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published January 21, 2002 · Updated March 15, 2026

The military-ruled state, often a target of US ire for suppressing a democracy movement and its much-criticised human rights record, said earlier Monday that it wanted to erect a nuclear research reactor.

“We expect the government of Burma to live up to its obligations and to not pursue production of weapons grade fissile material,” said a State Department official on condition of anonymity using the country’s former name.

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