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Indonesian Governor Opposes Nuclear Power Plant
Jakarta (AFP) March 6, 2008 An Indonesian governor has backed calls to abandon plans to build a nuclear power plant in his province on the quake-prone main island of Java, a report said Thursday. The government, under pressure to improve energy supplies to the world's fourth most populous nation, plans to build its first nuclear plant on the foothills of Mount Muria, a dormant volcano on the north coast of Central Java. "The Central Java provincial administration's stance has not changed, in that it is committed to the public interest," Central Java governor Ali Mufiz told the Jakarta Post newspaper. "If the plan for the construction of the nuclear plant causes unrest among the public, I suggest that it be postponed," he said, without specifying any unrest in his province. Widespread public opposition to the plan and the discovery of a large gas field near the Natuna islands, have already made Jakarta shelve its plans to develop atomic energy in 1997. However the idea resurfaced in 2005 amid increasing power shortages and a government drive to develop and diversify energy resources. Thousands of protestors held rallies in Central Java last year, and a group of some 150 influential Muslim clerics from the province has also denounced it as "haram" or religiously sinful and unacceptable. The International Atomic Energy Agency has backed Indonesia's plans to build nuclear plants despite opposition from environmentalists. Greenpeace says the plan poses a danger to quake-prone Indonesia and its neighbours. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Civil Nuclear Energy Science, Technology and News Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Britain To Significantly Increase Reliance On Nuclear Power
London (AFP) March 6, 2008Britain will "significantly" increase its reliance on nuclear energy in the next 20 years, the country's business secretary said in an interview published Thursday. |
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