"The nuclear program of Indonesia includes plans to build nuclear reactors in the country to produce nuclear power for peaceful purposes. The national legislative organ for nuclear energy, Badan Pengawas Tenaga Nuklir (BAPETEN), was founded in 1998. The name of the national agency of atomic energy is BATAN. Decades earlier, research on atomic energy was started in Indonesia. Apart for producing electricity, nuclear technology is also applied for medical purposes and agricultural purposes, for the use of genetic manipulation.

Indonesia has stated that the program will be developed in accordance with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). For this reason, Mohammed ElBaradei was invited to visit the country in December 2006.

Locations of nuclear reactors

For research purposes, experimental nuclear reactors have already been built in Indonesia:

1. Yogyakarta, Central Java. This is the Kartini nuclear reactor.
2. Serpong (Banten)
3. Bandung, West Java. This is the Triga Mark II research nuclear reactor.

Various locations have been proposed for building nuclear reactors that will actually be taken into production for the purpose of generating electricity:

1. Muria, Central Java.
2. Gorontalo, in the north of Sulawesi.

Motivation

Indonesia has various reasons for wanting to build nuclear reactors:

1. Domestic energy consumption in Indonesia is growing rapidly.
2. Nuclear energy will reduce dependence on petroleum, a now-renewable resourse. Indonesia, an OPEC member and long-time net oil exporter became a net importer of oil at the beginning of 2005. Nuclear energy, like coal, natural gas, and biofuel (from plants such as Jatropha curcas or the castor oil plant) may allow Indonesia to diversify from petroleum.
3. If domestic energy consumption can be provided through nuclear energy, it may be possible to export more oil.
4. Producing other renewable energy from other sources, such as wind power and solar power, are far more expensive.
5. Japan, like Indonesia, earthquakes frequently occur, has nuclear reactors.
6. The emission of harmful gases can be reduced.

Criticism

The nuclear plans of Indonesia have met with criticism from Greenpeace and other groups and individuals. Some points of criticism are:

1. The location of the country on the Pacific Ring of Fire, with much geological activity like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, might make it dangerous to have nuclear reactors there.[attribution needed]
2. Building nuclear reactors is not necessary to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
3. Terrorism is a problem in Indonesia, and attacks on nuclear reactors or the theft of nuclear material could result in terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction or radiological weapons."

i think its great for indonesia to have nuclear power. you can trust indons to use it wisely. imagine dutch without nuclear and indonesia with nuclear. tables will have turned since the days of colonialism. Who would be the master and slave then joking mr dutchman. haha

many lov you sound a bit unwell how about you have a check up?

i think its great for indonesia to have nuclear power. you can trust indons to use it wisely. imagine dutch without nuclear and indonesia with nuclear. tables will have turned since the days of colonialism. Who would be the master and slave then joking mr dutchman. haha

many lov you sound a bit unwell how about you have a check up?

Well I've never been a fan of going nuclear in the first place...we have other sources for power such as geothermal (I don't whether it would be more expensive or not though)

We will generate a lot of energy with nukes but where the hell are we gonna store the waste? haven't read anything on disposal plans...if anyone has any info on the gov's plan for that please post it

Anyway to be honoust I don't want Indonesia to have Nuclear power, since they're such a huge muslim country, they will probably deal with Iran or something >_> or it will end up with Iran.

Well I've never been a fan of going nuclear in the first place...we have other sources for power such as geothermal (I don't whether it would be more expensive or not though)

We will generate a lot of energy with nukes but where the hell are we gonna store the waste? haven't read anything on disposal plans...if anyone has any info on the gov's plan for that please post it

I think Indonesia should not go nuke.....
Although I do want my country to be stong and awe-inspiring (which nuclear can provide boost of socio-political regional influence), and secure our energy supply, I still don't want if chernobyl incident happened here in Indonesia.

But where would we dump the radioactive materials? btw They said in the BAPETEN website that low radioactive materials would be just thrown out (river,lakes or sea ??) is that true? Anyone a Nuclear Scientist ??

Lol, another islamophobia????
And i don't see there is anything wrong with Iran wants to use nuclear for their electricity. What I see is that US trying to steer the world's opinion that Iran is dangerous and my make a WMD out of it. Lol again, look who's talking here. US is a country that wages war all over the world and got bunch of WMDs in their own backyard and always eager to use their weapons against other countries in the name of so called 'war against terrorism', in the name of democrazy, and so on. US even lied about Iraq's WMD and you still believe them? What a retard.

Anyway, let's go back to the topic. I believe we actually has the potential to have our own nuclear technology. We got uranium resource, we got experts, we got talents, we also have some proven experience although in mini scale. What I'm worried is the security of the facility. Not only against hostile threat, but against the nature. We are in such earthquake=prone area, so the government must really give a lot of thought before they decide to build it.

But where would we dump the radioactive materials? btw They said in the BAPETEN website that low radioactive materials would be just thrown out (river,lakes or sea ??) is that true? Anyone a Nuclear Scientist ??

There is at least another major concern other than the waste disposal of nuclear waste, which certainly should be of the utmost concern.
The fact is that indonesia lies along several major fault lines, which causes earthquake to regularly causes havoc to the country; now imagine what would happen when a nuclear plant become damaged after an earthquake.

Indonesia is now currently working with Australia, USA, Russia, South Korea and IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) to develop a Clean and Safe Nuclear Reactor in Indonesia. Australia has indicated that it does not have problems with supplying Indonesia with uranium for peaceful purposes and there is even an agreement with a Russian company to build a Floating Nuclear Reactor (???) in Gorontalo, North Sulawesi

Actually Han2, There is a specific design of Nuclear Power plants for Earthquake prone zones. As long as the Power plant is serviced regularly, it won't be a problem. Look at Japan, It has hundreds of nuclear reactor and it is in an Earthquake prone zone too but like Ralf Said If we shouldn't buy the design or the reactor from unreliable sources (e.g. Outdated Soviet technology). Yes there is a chances that the design of the Power plants won't stand large scale earthquakes but the chances is small and lets just hope it won't happen. We do not want a Chernobly In Indonesia, especially in Java, that would be catastrophic.

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My country has an alliance with the USA so aslong as my country is safe I don't care alot about the rest.

Thing is that Iran is indeed a threat to the western countries, that's why I'm against it.
fu-k all of you who think other wise, it's better not to take any risks.
Aslong as my country is safe so fu-k you drakuli stupid goth.

Well, your post has just shown that you are just as egoistic you are, a bit similar to US now right? This egoistic think is the root of all problems, because you don't care if others are suffering or hurt as long as you are happy. Man, you should learn to know what "empathy" is. And going into alliance with USA is not going to make your country safer. Foreign threat against your country is low. See the map and see how far Iran is from your country. Do you think they have missile that can carry nukes to your country?

And if you don't really care a lot about the rest then you shouldn't bother to visit this thread at all.
Has Iran ever threaten western countries other than US? On what basis you are saying that? It is Iran who should feel threatened, not you. Iran doesn't have any nuke missile that can reach US or Europe, but instead US got a lot of subs and bases around Iran that can be used to launch nukes to Iran. Your words really shows that you got retarded mind and no empathy at all.

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Now about the topic. I think we better build the plant in Kalimantan (Borneo) as that area is less prone to earthquake. But I don't know whether transmitting the power will be too costly because of that. And the more to think about is how we are going to dump the radioactive waste. I agree with Han2 that we need to learn from Japan about how to build earthquake-proof nuclear plant.

The US has averaged one war every two years in the past 50 years. Their very national anthem is a hymn to war. They have no ground to stand on.
As for nuclear energy; here in Australia they've started testing hydrogen fuel cells in the public transport system. They last a hell of a long time and the only byproduct is pure water.

It's very cool, you see these buses driving around with a very fine water vapour coming out of the exhaust. Cleanest and safest energy in the world.

Really?? I haven't seen any around in Perth's CBD, all i have seen is those gas buses..thats all
Looking forward to see those hydrogen fuel cells buses in Perth

As for nuclear energy; here in Australia they've started testing hydrogen fuel cells in the public transport system. They last a hell of a long time and the only byproduct is pure water.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think I read that Iceland is using this technology in all vehicles.

If everything goes as planned, then Iceland will become a "hydrogen society" within the next 30 to 40 years. Next year will see the coming three city buses powered by fuel cells. In three years, hydrogen powered private cars will hit the Icelandic market. In 2015, the Icelandic government is scheduled to begin renewing the Icelandic fishing fleet using fuel cells. By the year 2040, scientists and politicians envision Iceland as the first country that will be almost entirely free from fossil fuel.

Ok it turns out it's not true.
They're more or less where Australia is at the moment. But they're more determined to spread it to all areas.
http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/436.cfm

Ok it turns out it's not true.

They're more or less where Australia is at the moment. But they're more determined to spread it to all areas.
http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/436.cfm

OK That is a start.
I wonder if there are powerful oil lobby groups holding back the progress of alternative energy development ?

BTW Arash those swinging cheerleader butts are freaking me out.

BTW Arash those swinging cheerleader butts are freaking me out.

Btw I like those cheerleaders every time i see it

Ahh a positive one.

They're there to bring cheer alright!

Well, your post has just shown that you are just as egoistic you are, a bit similar to US now right? This egoistic think is the root of all problems, because you don't care if others are suffering or hurt as long as you are happy. Man, you should learn to know what "empathy" is. And going into alliance with USA is not going to make your country safer. Foreign threat against your country is low. See the map and see how far Iran is from your country. Do you think they have missile that can carry nukes to your country?

And if you don't really care a lot about the rest then you shouldn't bother to visit this thread at all.
Has Iran ever threaten western countries other than US? On what basis you are saying that? It is Iran who should feel threatened, not you. Iran doesn't have any nuke missile that can reach US or Europe, but instead US got a lot of subs and bases around Iran that can be used to launch nukes to Iran. Your words really shows that you got retarded mind and no empathy at all.

They just scream some islam $hit and people blow themselves up here.

have some more respect for the islam, dude.

IF you look at the history, every religion did it and the non-religious too.

Well it wasn't me who was hammering on about my view.
Anyway my point was that I don't think Indonesia should get nuclear power, period.

With the example of Fukushima Daiichi reactor meltdown, I think Indonesia should not pursue nuclear power plant...,
Hey just like Japan we sat on tectonic plate rift and quake-tsunami prone zone.

Maybe Indonesia should partner with Singapore, where we set up a joint government venture to build the nuclear facilities offshore in one of the islands in the Straits Channel that wouldn't be on located directly or near the tectonic plate movement nor active volcanoes....

Singapore won't suffer any natural disasters so why do u worry about nuclear meltdown???