Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Indonesia has enough experts who are capable of managing a nuclear power plant (PLTN), according to Research and Technology Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta.
"We have many experts and therefore can definitely manage a nuclear power plant," he said here on Monday.
Gusti dismissed concerns that the presence of a nuclear power plant in the country would compromise the safety and security of the Indonesian people.
He noted that the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters in Ukraine and Japan, respectively, were because of "the use of old technology".
"The nuclear reactor that exploded in Fukushima was based on old technology. There was no such problem with the other reactors there, which were based on the new technology," the minister explained.
Meanwhile, Indonesian Nuclear Energy Supervisory Board Chief As Natio Lasman called on the public to "not reject the idea of a nuclear power plant on the grounds of safety".(IGT)
