Malaysia "needs to develop nuclear energy"

Malaysia needs to develop nuclear energy as the current fossil fuel reserves are estimated to last for 18 years, an official of Malaysian Institute for Nuclear Technology Research (MINT) said on Saturday. It will take nearly 15 years before a nuclear plant with the power generating capacity of 1,000 MW can start operation in Malaysia, MINT General Manager (Business Operations) Razali Hamzahwas quoted by the official Bernama news agency as saying.

"The (Malaysian) government has not made any decision on this event, though Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has stated that we may go nuclear," Razali told reporters when asked to comment on the country's nuclear ambition.

MINT, as the sole nuclear plant operator in Malaysia, has a one-megawatt research and training nuclear plant in Bangi of the Selangor state, which uses an outdated American technology in the 1970's. Razali said latest nuclear plant technology could be sourced from Japan, South Korea and France.

- That's news, I didn't know that Malaysia had a real nuclear reactor going. From a Peak Oil perspective, it makes sense - however, if folks start to lean on uranium, we'd most likely be facing Peak Uranium down the road as well. So now, what about a nuclear power plant for Singapore too, eh? I even have a location in mind - the patch of reclaimed land in the Tuas South Extension, that should be adequately far away from major populated areas .. :)

(2005-09-25 22:05:49 SGT) [Energy] Permalink Comments [2]

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Yipee, we have nuclear power plant.. But wait it is at least 10 years down the road. So our future may resemble Chernobyl if anything goes wrong. Chernobyl here we come to join you with our 1970's nuclear power plant.

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/
chernobyl-land-of-the-wolves/chapter28.html

Posted by BorneoRagnarok on September 26, 2005 at 09:48 AM SGT #

It's a research power plant. Only 1 MW. However, the main point is Malaysia has an Institute for Nuclear Research since 1985. They've been studying the secrets of the atom for 20 years now, and I suppose they've learnt enough to build their own full-fledged power plant.

I'm sure Singapore will build a pee-powered plant of its own...

Posted by Akikonomu on September 28, 2005 at 08:05 PM SGT #

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