Nuclear Power Plant In Malaysia

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.
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. Malaysia aims to have nuclear power plant by 2021 from some info the plan is for 2021 which now is about ten years or eleven years gap between the actual implementation where the reactor is functioning. That is why we have decided not to use nuclear power in malaysia he said japan which relies on nuclear plants often faces problems during earthquakes causing radiation in the area. They are the sungai perak terengganu and cameron highlands hydroelectric schemes with 21 dams in operation.
The plan was first introduced in 2012 and was led by the malaysia nuclear power corporation mnpc that was established a year prior. 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. Tenaga nasional berhad operates three hydroelectric schemes in the peninsula with an installed generating capacity of 1 911 megawatts mw. Kuala lumpur malaysia could have its own nuclear power plant by 2030 to address the high power consumption in the peninsula the malaysia nuclear power corporation mnpc said.
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. However we could still have nuclear power plants through foreign involvement possibly from china. A number of independent power producers also own and operate several small hydro plants. Malaysia has no plans for nuclear power plant.