No disrespect to Indonesia but I feel that they should look at resolving the haze problems they are causing to everyone before talking about nuclear power.
The reason is very simple. If they cannot solve a "simple" problem like the haze, how can we be certain that they will be able to ensure that the nuclear plant has all the containment and safety features, and that they will not follow the footsteps of TEPCO?
The first location of the proposed nuclear plant by Indonesia is near a fault line in Java. The next proposed location is at Sumatra which has an earthquake just last week. No matter how marvelous your safety features are, it is of little use if you're near the fault lines or near the pacific ring of fire for the matter. If you look at the recent earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan, the earthquakes were the result of new fault lines.
The proposed location of the nuclear plants and their track record of "handling" their haze problems do not give much confidence to anyone that they understand the seriousness of nuclear power.
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