The Malaysian Nuclear Agency never reviews nuclear power as an option to meet the increasing demands of energy in Malaysia.[1] There is a need to build a nuclear power generation plant, with plans still in the feasibility stage.[2]

Status

However, due to prior concern from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, plans to have a nuclear reactor have been postponed. Neighbouring Vietnam has also made a declaration to ditch their future nuclear energy plans.[3] Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri stated in 2016 that Malaysia will only build their plant after 2022,[4] although the country has met the requirements based from observations by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).[5] Following the change of government in Malaysian administration, the new government has decided to cancel the plan for the construction of nuclear power plants to generate electricity as "science itself were still unable to find proper ways to dispose nuclear waste".[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Irena Chatzis (10 October 2016). "IAEA Starts Review of Malaysia's Nuclear Power Infrastructure Development". International Atomic Energy Agency. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Zazali Musa (30 November 2016). "Malaysia needs to go for nuclear energy". The Star. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Karen Mesina (22 February 2017). "Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation's CEO talks about nuclear sector's challenges in Asia". Asian Power. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Martin Carvalho (3 November 2016). "Nancy: Malaysia will only have nuclear plants after 2030". The Star. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Ahmad Naqib Idris (8 March 2017). "Malaysia ready to decide on nuclear power". The Edge Financial Daily. The Edge Markets. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Minderjeet Kaur (18 September 2018). "No nuclear power plants for Malaysia's electricity, says Dr M". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Hemananthani Sivanandam (18 September 2018). "Malaysia against nuclear power due to radioactive waste disposal issues, says Dr M". The Star. Retrieved 19 September 2018.


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