I am for the erection of a nuclear
power plant in Indonesia as the benefits outweigh the risks. However,
precautions and measures should be taken in ensuring that Indonesians and their
neighbouring countries are relatively safe if and when a nuclear disaster
occurs. My main take is that no neighbouring countries should be within the
potential exclusion zone of 80 kilometres radius (BBC News, 2011). Also, to
minimise are that Indonesia’s land will be within the exclusion zone, on top of
other possible measures.
As long as the nuclear power plant is
located where least amount of people are situated at within an 80 kilometre
radius, the risks of for example affecting a whole country would be eliminated.
Shifting the plant to be built on Padang, an island off the coast of West
Kalimantan is one of the recommendations. Another recommendation is to build an
extra control tower some distance away from the plant. Refer to “Policy
Recommendation” post for an elaboration.
References
BBC News. (2011, March 31). Japan
nuclear crisis: Pressure to widen evacuation zone.
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