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Indonesia Eyes Nuclear Option in Bid to Grow Energy and Cut Emissions
- Indonesia aims to use nuclear energy to meet rising energy demand and reduce emissions, targeting net-zero by 2050.
- The government plans to generate 40-54GW from nuclear out of a projected 400GW by 2060, with 29 potential sites identified for reactors.
- Environmentalists prefer that Indonesia prioritize renewable energy sources to meet clean energy goals.
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Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayCan Indonesia go nuclear by 2032? Big plans, big hurdles ahead
JAKARTA, May 27 — Indonesia is hoping going nuclear can help it meet soaring energy demand while taming emissions, but faces serious challenges to its goal of a first small modular reactor by 2032. Its first experiment with nuclear energy dates to February 1965, when then-president Sukarno inaugurated a test reactor. Sixty years later, Southeast Asia's largest economy has three research reactors but no nuclear power plants for electricity. Abund…
Indonesia hopes a switch to nuclear power can help meet soaring energy demand, but faces serious challenges in getting its first reactor up and running.
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