Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation
A new company malaysia nuclear power corporation will spearhead planning the eventual deployment of nuclear power plants in the country.
Malaysia nuclear power corporation. However due to concern prior from the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 plans to have a nuclear reactor have been. In light of this asian power teamed up with the nuclear power asia 2017 for a series of interviews with its conference speakers to discuss the sector s future in the region. Malaysia nuclear power corporation.
To plan spearhead and coordinate the implementation of nuclear energy development programme for malaysia and to take the necessary action to realise the development of the first 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. Zamzam jaafar chief executive officer of the malaysia nuclear power corporation.
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. In the third economic transformational program update speech made on 11 january prime minister najib tun razak outlined 19 projects of key national economic significance that are expected to lead to up to 67 billion ringitts 22 billion in investment and. Trainers in the field of thermal hydraulic and reactor safety.
The plan was first introduced in 2012 and was led by the malaysia nuclear power corporation mnpc that was established a year prior.