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Indonesia eyes uninhabited island for 1st nuclear power plant

The island province of Bangka Belitung is one of the leading candidates being considered for the location of Indonesia’s planned nuclear energy facility, alongside Semesak Island in West Kalimantan. (Image: Google Maps)

JAKARTA — Coal-dependent Indonesia is reviving decades-old plans to build nuclear power plants that were put on hold following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, as it seeks to meet its decarbonisation targets.

Some members of the public and experts, however, have voiced concerns about the risks of a nuclear disaster in the quake-prone country, despite one of the leading candidate sites being an uninhabited island considered not to be in an active seismic zone.

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