Nuclear Power Plant In Malaysia
As malaysia has established a nuclear agency with the country has periodically reviewed the nuclear option to meet the increasing demands of energy there is a need to built nuclear power generation plant with plans for a nuclear plant are at the feasibility stage.
Nuclear power plant in malaysia. Pm mahathir malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad speaks during a press conference after a cabinet meeting in putrajaya malaysia on may 30 2018. The news of nuclear power plants in malaysia first surfaced in 2010 when it was announced that malaysia intended to have it s first functional nuclear power plant by the year 2021. Fast forward to today the government has decided not to develop nuclear power and consequently minister of energy science technology environment and climate change yeo bee yin announced that the mnpc will be shut down. The plan was first introduced in 2012 and was led by the malaysia nuclear power corporation mnpc that was established a year prior.
However due to concern prior from the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 plans to have a nuclear reactor have been. This was met with swift objection by the consumers association of penang cap and sahabat alam malaysia sam who released an elaborate statement to object the project.