Are Malaysia Ready For Nuclear Power Plant???

TNB ready for first nuclear plant

2010/09/23
TENAGA Nasional Bhd (TNB) is prepared to develop the country's first nuclear plant, but the public should understand the need for the plan to meet electricity demand in the future.

We're ready, "said president and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Che Khalib Mohamad Noh.

We already have our own team, comprising seven to eight people. We also have sent them to pursue graduate studies in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan and South Korea to learn about nuclear technology, he told reporters outside the council TNB Hari Raya open house in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

He said this when asked to comment on the planned projects under the Economic Transformation Program (ETP), which also describes the use of nuclear energy for power generation.

I think the government is aiming to have the plant by 2021. It is an aggressive target. I hope the people of Pakistan to support its implementation as the first nuclear plant construction will take longer, he said.

Che Khalib said TNB with the Malaysian Nuclear Agency and the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications, has completed the initial proposal for government consideration.

We are just waiting for the right time for the government to decide that we need to solve the problem of how to meet future demand, namely after 2020.
If we are to meet future demand with current solutions, namely coal and gas plants, I do not think it can meet demand by 2021, he said.

In addition, he said, the implementation also requires the direct involvement of the government for a nuclear power plant will involve strategic and security policies and government guarantees.

Meanwhile, TNB is also reported, are interested in bidding for construction projects of the second block Manjung power plant, but results have yet been made about it.

National utility company acquired the first blocks development of power plants using coal to generate 1.000 megawatts (MW) in Perak.

Che Khalib said the company is committed to providing the first block of the power plant project is not yet decided to participate in the tender for the second block.

If we did the first 1.000 MW project involved enough for TNB, we may provide independent power producer (IPP) another chance to bid, he said.

Source: http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/TNBsediabangunlojinuklearpertama/Article