Sri Lanka To Go Nuclear
Sri Lanka is seeking assistance from the International Automatic Energy Agency (IAEA) for its nuclear power plans.
A cabinet memorandum was submitted by Power and Energy Minister W.D.J. Seneviratne on Wednesday seeking approval to consider nuclear power as an option for meeting the country’s future energy demand.
By Munza Mushtaq
The progressive nature of the current Gov. is amply shown with this sort of futuristic planning. Atomic energy is the cheapest and cleanest form of energy which is widely used all over the world. The only factor to consider will be the safe disposal of atomic waste. Being a small island nation this could pose a great problem but I leave it to the experts to consider.
The sooner we do it the better and hopefully the GOSL will not drag it’s feet like in the oil excavation programme. We are but 2 months away from year 2010 and waiting to see if Minister Fawzie will have to eat his words about the first barrel of oil that would be tapped in SL. The Sunday Leader must do a follow up about the oil story soon.
I agree Nuclear is a cheap form of energy but we cannot take a chance with its inherent dangers that lingers not for years but hundreds of thousands of years. Russia, UK, USA, China etc have all suffered accidents the likes of which we cannot afford as a small island.
Why do we need nuclear energy when wind, biomass and solar, which are far safer remain untapped? A study showed that the Puttalam/Kalpitiya area has huge wind power potential, but ignoring that we go for coal power, the worst possible polluter. This is all to do with kickbacks; you can get a commission from coal imports, but not from the wind!
The CEB pays very low rates for renewables in comparison to what they pay for Diesel powered energy. Even so, when some companies applied for licenses to set up Biomass generators, but they were rejected as the grid is not capable of handling the supply. Is the Nuclear power to be fed into this same grid? Lets get real, one lightening strike is enough to plunge the whole country into darkness for several hours, is this the place to have nuclear reactors? Run for your life….India will not be safe.
Is this really for energy?? Wonder how many millions perhaps billions to private pockets.
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