Nuclear Energy in Malaysia = No Support??

When we talk about nuclear energy, a stereotype person will always think about nuclear bomb, about radioactivity, about chernobyl or any kind of negative effects. We cannot blame them because the knowledge about the effectiveness of a nuclear energy are now well explained which many people have miss the actually functionality of this system. Hence, we think with a proper education system and a way better spread of information, we can teach and educate many people especially in Malaysia about the goods and advantages of having a nuclear power reactor to generate energy for electricity.

Malaysia is considering to build the first ever nuclear reactor on 2021, which means about 11 years from now. It seems Malaysia is serious in making this system works here. Although there are some voices who are very concern and neglect this system totally for Malaysia, we still think it is better for the future. So, how actually we want to educate the people in Malaysia to know the advantages of this nuclear energy system in 11 years time?

Well, with the concern of global warming, all people in Malaysia experience it. We can feel how the wheather changes everytime and how actually the temperature at certain area in Malaysia. The heat is too high to be conformed with! We seems to have drink at least 3 or 4 mineral waters per day just not to get dehydrated. This is because the global warming. This global warming occuring because the CO, CO2 or hydrocarbon gases that being released from many sources that include combustion, like our cars, the factory and now surprisingly, our own power plant which uses the coal as the main burner to generate heat for electricity.

With the no CO or CO2 emission will be emitted through out the heating process, nuclear energy is ideal for the environment. Maybe the effect will not be instantenously but with a smaller reduction percentage, it still can help the environment. Same with the automotive industries which there have develop the hybrid engine which still emiited CO and CO2 to the environment but with the concern from people for environment, the small percentage can still help the environment if all are using the system. And this is also same for nuclear energy.

According to some, even when accounting for the fossil fuel used in mining uranium, processing it, building and decommissioning of the nuclear plant, the picture remains good from this perspective. Less than one hundredth of carbon dioxide gases  is produced by nuclear power plants compared to coal or gas-fired energy plants. This means nuclear energy also emits less greenhouse gas than renewable energy sources such as hydro, wind, solar and biomass. Lower greenhouse gas, the lower the temperature will be.


Furthermore, nuclear energy is a very efficient energy source up to date. Why? Because with a very small amount of fuel (uranium, like have been mentioned before in the other post), the power generation is enormous! Enormous energy production = Efficient! Hence, there are a lot of energy can be produced to generate electricity. Can be reach about almost 1GW of energy, dependent on the system itself. One ton of uranium produces more energy than is produced by several million tons of coal or several million barrels of oil. With the price hike of the oil and coal, nuclear can be said the ideal solution for Malaysia in the future.


"The same la, uranium also very expensive. So, no use of using nuclear.." It is true, uranium is also expensive because the source is not easily found. Furthermore, the demand now a days is high, which means the supplier need to rise up the price also, according to the demand. But if we compare the expenditure of uranium with the energy that nuclear would generated, with the expenditure of coal with the energy produced, nuclear energy will end up to be the most worthwhile energy source because of its high energy generation. 

The only concern for the cost is for the construction of the reactor because it is hard to manufacture. But although it is expensive to manufacture, there is no different from any other power plant to build. But the space or compound require to build the nuclear power plant is quite smaller compare to other power plant like hydro. Smaller compound = smaller destruction  to the environment. Hence, the environment also can be saved slowly by nuclear power plant.

These all information from us are definitely to try to change the misconception of the people around about nuclear, especially in Malaysia because it seems, this nuclear power plant is quite underestimate by the people. Although there are some pros and cons for nuclear energy, with the situation in Malaysia, it seems this is one on the proper way to really contribute to the environment. 11 years is quite a long period but with a proper education and the spread of information, we can change our own stereotype of thinking about the nuclear power plant. One failure does not mean the entire system is a failure. Sustainability is the way of improving things. The same with nuclear energy.

Go Nuclear for Malaysia 2021