Indonesia considers more nuclear plants
Jakarta (UPI) Nov 22, 2010 Indonesia, which currently has three nuclear reactors, has geological conditions and enough material for reactors in "every province," a government expert said. The country's National Nuclear Energy Agency said the country's existing nuclear power plants have a capacity of 90 megawatts but the country has the resources to build more than 30 plants, the Antara news agency reported Monday. "Every province in Indonesia has potential to develop a nuclear reactor because there are ample material stocks and appropriate geological support," said Wawan Purwanto, an expert at the agency. Korea, only a third the size of Java Island, has 20 nuclear reactors, and China has 30 reactors, he said. "Advanced countries have developed nuclear energy because it is crucial and less expensive compared to other types of energy," he said. Nuclear power energy is cheap, less polluting and efficient because it just needs an area measuring 60 acres, Purwanto said. Those who reject or oppose nuclear energy plants are people who do not understand nuclear energy, he said.
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