Enakajah

The feasibility study is/will be carried out to build a site at Bangka Belitung. This island lies east of Sumatra near the meeting of the Eurasian & Australian plates although technically outside the ring of fire. Earthquakes are a regular feature thus implicitly indicating seismic activity. If you can reliably predict levels of activity then I suggest you could become very famous and wealthy.

Personally I would invest in Hydroelectricity, the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force or a waters kinetic energy falling or flowing athrough large turbines. Once a hydroelectric complex is constructed, the project produces no direct waste, and has a considerably lower output level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) than fossil fuel powered energy plants and of course no contamination risk. The added benefit is the construction of low level reservoirs thus addressing a further Indonesian issue of clean water. It is cheaper to build, is proven technology, safer and simpler to operate. In a place like Indonesia I really do not see the requirement to develop nuclear power unless it is for political and personal gain

The whole country is not unstable, only parts of it. Areas that have no historic seismic activity are perfectly suitable. Plus plants today are build with this in mind.

As to more sustainable options, I would love to hear what they are. Those that can produce the same much needed power inside a similarly small area. Please do not mention wind as this is a fallacy. More expensive, environmental nightmare and just not up to the job without endless expensive maintenance. And we all know what that is like here. Solar? needs too much land area and maintenance and cloud free days... I wish. Geothermal is fine for a limited number of Years. California has a long history of Geothermal plants that were a huge success but then the Thermal went out of the Geo..... Wave technology has been stifled, Gas, Diesel and Coal everyone complains about, so it doesn't leave many alternatives. I am not trying to be negative or shout anyone down here. I am a big supporter of Nuclear power and know that Indonesia can handle all parts of the deal regardless of what we think. The International community would keep a very close eye on this. I am also a huge supporter of Solar and Wave generation but very anti-wind. If there are alternatives that can produce the same volume of energy, in a small space and at a reasonable price and pump it into the grid lets go for it, but please lets be reasonable. Everyone else has tried everything else and not come up with it yet.... Mind you that is not to say that some Indonesian cannot come up with a mind bender of an idea, they have done it many times before.

Gents - Indonesia has 3 x nuclear reactors already. We can handle the technology, we can probably handle the safety BUT we cannot control seismic activity. It seems folly to develop this when other more sustainable/lower risk options exist

Nuclear power does not = developed Wong is Right (sad but Ive been waiting to write that for months)

Dez

@Gantz: Well done for believing in two fallacies at the same time, namely 1) If Indonesia gets the technology those other counties have, we will become developed, and 2) all NGOs are anti-Indonesia.

The reason for concern about Indonesia's nuclear ambition is safety. Remember the plane crashes and the exploding gas canisters? If Indonesia can't deal with simple safety issues, how can it be trusted with nuclear power?

How about geothermal as a safer option? Or even coal-bed methane?

Cool...! this is the way to be..! It's an anomaly that a country as large and as populous as Indonesia doesn't have nuclear power plants or technology..! Those anti PLTN NGO's are only interested in keeping Nuclear technology away from us..!