Re: Malaysia to have nuclear research reactor by 2020

Thanks for the heads up Paul!

"Paul Saccani" <saccani@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:54:50 +0800, "Timmermans"
<steventimmermans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

WTF?

They want the reactor by 2020 but it would only meet electricity demands
up
to 2014?



So even if they build it 6 years earlier, it would already be
insufficient capacity! Why not build two or three reactors then?
Assuming
an error and they meant to say 2010 in the article instead of 2020, this
would mean they would already have to be building it, is this the case?
And
that reactor only would meet electricity demands up to 2014, so for 4
years
only. Again, why not build two or three reactors and export the surplus
until you can put it to better use?

No planning toward the future, alway last minute... so Malaysian!


It would seem that they are talking about conventional power plant
capacity here - the research reactors provide no electical power to
the grid. But they do allow skills to be developed which would be
useful if Malaysia elected to develop a significant nuclear electrical
generating capacity

The purpose of the reactor is manpower training, R&D, not the
generation of electricity.

The existing Puspati TRIGA reactor is a pool type reactor, of the kind
often seen on university campuses, not a PWR or other type of power
generating reactor.

The proposed research reactor will provide training and research more
appropriate to developing a nuclear electric industry, and at 20MW
will be a modest plant, even if that figure refers to electric power,
rather than the thermal output of the reactor.

So rather than lambast the government on this occasion, your ire would
be more usefully directed toward those responsible for poor reporting.

Give MINT a call on 03-8925051 if you want to learn what is going on
first hand.




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