10/17/2010

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



17 comments:

  1. hey there...
    what about the waste materials produced by going nuclear.....will it effect the environment?

    DARSHAN A/L NAMASIVAYAM
    ME 083535
    darshan.bigd@hotmail.com

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  2. every new thing that we want to try, we will encounter various problems and each problem is the risk that we need ambik. nuclear energy is one of the most risky source of energy but it is also the most efficient for producing electricity. we should grab this opportunity and develop this nuclear technology. I support 100% of nuclear power in Malaysia.

    mohd faiz mohamed rusdi
    park_axe@yahoo.com

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  3. what we need to do now is to give more exposure about the nuclear power to all malaysian. once they understand about the benefits of this source of energy, then nothing can stop us to build the first nuclear power plant in the country..go nuclear go..

    nik zakaria bin nik mustoffa
    me083873
    nik_nod32@yahoo.com

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  4. I agreed . Like in the previous post , i commented that people are traumatized by what happen to hiroshima & nagasaki and they label nuclear as a dangerous element. we really need to start educating many people especially in Malaysia about the goods and advantages of having a nuclear power reactor to generate energy for electricity.

    EYU ZHI MING
    ME083541
    invader81@hotmail.com

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  5. i also do hope in 11 years, major discoveries and changes will be made for nuclear energy to break through in our country. we all do hope for the better for us, and hopefully by then nuclear energy will be the alternative source to coal. but, there still is not a solution for the nuclear waste =/ what do you think can solve that problem?

    Lim Sze Yoong
    justinsylim@hotmail.com

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  6. Dear DARSHAN A/L NAMASIVAYAM,

    Thank you for your response. About your question, the nuclear waste is kept inside a container waste which is sealed tight so that the radioactivity will not come out from the container. But the nuclear waste, which is the result of the fission product, if kept for a long time, we can get back the uranium. Which is good for the usage inside the nuclear reactor for the fuel. But if Malaysia is considering nuclear, we have a lot of dis use mines that can be converted into the nuclear waste container to keep the nuclear waste. We hope we answer your question. Thanx alot

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  7. Dear mohd faiz mohamed rusdi, nik zakaria bin nik mustoffa, EYU ZHI MING,

    Thank you for your response. I hope we will together change our people's mind about nuclear energy for the future.

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  8. Dear Lim Sze Yoong,

    If you check in Malaysia, especially in Perak, we have a lot of dis use mines which can be used as the nuclear waste container, to keep the nuclear waste. So, we think this is one of the solution that can use if Malaysia would go for nuclear energy. TQ

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  9. I completely agree to the introduction of the nuclear plant as nuclear energy is very important in generating electricity.As much as it is dangerous it also has a lot of advantages.In fact the advantages outweighs the disadvantages.this will certainly help our country in many ways and we should give it a try.

    Tevan Nair
    Me3630
    dr.spiceinlife@yahoo.com

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  10. Dear Tevan Nair,

    Yes, all of the things in this world have its own limitations but all and all, nuclear energy has what it takes to really help to supply efficient energy for the future and at the same time, help the environment. There are no other energy industries that actually concern about their waste except for nuclear industries. So, think about it. Anyway, thanx for you response. We are so glad. =)

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  11. Nuclear energy is a good thing. Its waste is recycled to an extent. But when it comes to cost development...looking at the current scenario of EPR construction in Europe which are facing construction delays (cost overrun), one cannot help but think will the same happen to Malaysia...looking at how resources are spent nowadays. Even now, have anyone actually really seen what has been done by government other than telling the public, they have scouted suitable sites...which I hope is not based on old information. They doesn't seem to care about public opinions...

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  12. i would like to see a nuclear power plant in malaysia, because with that nuclear technologies, we can build nuclear bomb, and we can try to use it somewhere in malaysia...isn't it interesting when we could hear a very very very loud of explosion during new year...for sure it will make US jealous of us...

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