Indonesia Ready for Nuclear

SURABAYA-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) insisted that Indonesia was ready to have nuclear-powered energy. "The assertion was made in November 2009," said Deputy R & D Results Utilization and Correctional BATAN (ICRP) Nuclear Science and Technology Dr Taswanda ITS Taryo on campus, Wednesday (28/07/2010).

He argued that after speaking in a seminar on "Technology and Safety of Nuclear Power Plants" featuring Prof. Mukhtasor PhD from the National Energy Board (NEB/DEN) and Ian Love of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL).

According Taswanda Taryo, the IAEA's assessment shows a readiness in Indonesia for more nuclear energy compared with countries in Southeast Asia.

"IAEA's assessment that includes the four readiness of human resources, stakeholders, manufacturing, and regulation, because we (ICRP/BATAN) had been conducting a series of studies since the 1980s," he said.

With that assessment, he said, Indonesia has had to enter a more concrete phase of the nuclear project itself.

"Law 17/2007 has mandated the use of nuclear in Indonesia in the period 2015-2019, so at least we already have a nuclear power plant in 2019," he said. Therefore, it formed a "ICRP Incorporation" that involve stakeholders such as the ICRP, EMR, Kemristek, LIPI, PLN, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Industry, and so forth.

"They are incorporated in the Development Team that will determine NPP (nuclear power plant) project is technically, such as determining the industry as` owner `, technology, location, licensing, and so forth," he said. He said the "owner" at least would be formed in the year 2011, but its form is not clear, whether the state or purely private.

"Obviously, if the location we've been doing research since the 1980s. The point is, the location should be at the coast to avoid the plates of the earth," he said.

Asked location is intended, he said, ICRP has been researching 70 locations, and then filtered into 14 locations and now live four locations, including the Edge of Earth (Jepara), Banten and Bangka Belitung. Meanwhile, members of the DEN Prof. PhD Mukhtasor said it had conducted a series of dialogues with a group of pros and cons with NPP.

"The cons were generally concerned about safety with the example of Chernobyl, and nuclear technology is now very different. Chernobyl's obsolete technology. The impact is always there, but if the impact of development will be prohibited ya stop," he said.

Lecturer FTK ITS added that the most important is the impact of uncontrolled development, because coal will be exhausted in 2020 and population growth in Indonesia has brought to all forms of energy from ocean energy, solar, geothermal, and nuclear. (*)

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