Syarahan Umum oleh Dr. Edward McGinnis, Deputy Assistant Security for International Nuclear Energy Policy and Cooperation, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, United States of America akan diadakan seperti berikut:
Tarikh: 2 Februari 2012 (Khamis)
Masa: 8.30 pagi
Tempat: Bilik Persidangan, Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, UKM
Tajuk: Global Use of Nuclear Energy: Challenges and Opportunities. Brosur.
Malaysian Nuclear Society (MNS), established in 1989, is a non-governmental organization committed to promote the peaceful use of nuclear science and technology.
The Malaysian Nuclear Society (MNS), established 1988, welcomes the decision in the 2009 budget speech that Malaysia will be “exploring nuclear energy… to ensure long term energy security of the nation.”
1. Hari Nuklear Negara 2012 in conjunction with National Nuclear Science Engineering et Technology Conference 2012 (NuSTEC2012) - 21-23 Mei 2012 ; Venue: TNBR, Kajang, Selangor.
Note: NuSTEC2012 abstract submission is extended to 15 Apr 2012
2. One Day Workshop on "Research Reactor (RR) In Malaysia - Need A New High Flux ( 10MW or higher) RR?"; Date (tent.) - end June 2010; Ven. - TBA; contact MNS Secretary (setiausaha-mns@nuklearmalaysia.org)
3. Half-Day Seminar on "Nuclear Power Action 1 for Malaysia"; Date(tent) : May 2012; Venue - Hotel Residence (tentative); contact MNS Secretary (setiausaha-mns@nuklearmalaysia.org) 4. MNS AGM 23 : Date : 23 Mei 2012; Venue - NuSTEC 2012 conf. place ; contact MNS Secretary (setiausaha-mns@nuklearmalaysia.org or faridah_idris@nuclearmalaysia.gov.my)
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Japan and Vietnam sign cooperation deal
Jan 21, 2011 02:59 pm
Source: WNN; Category: Nuclear Applications
Japan and Vietnam have signed an agreement for cooperation in the development and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The accord follows the announcement in October 2010 that Vietnam had selected Japan as a partner for cooperation in the construction of nuclear power plants. Under the agreement, Vietnam and Japan will cooperate in areas including: research and application
of radioactive isotopes and radiation; the design, construction and operation of light water reactors; nuclear safety and security; the transportation, storage, processing and disposal of radioactive wastes; the development of
human resources; development of a legal system for the use of nuclear energy;
and the exploration and mining of uranium resources. According to Tanizaki, the agreement will create the necessary legal framework and conditions for Japanese and Vietnamese nuclear energy-related agencies, organizations and enterprises to conduct activities and investment cooperation within the framework of the agreement.
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Vietnam on the go again.
It had signed contract for two power reactors,and a research reactor with Russia.
Now two more reactors from Japan with the American back-ups.
But where are we now......
From Prof Noramly Muslim
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A consultation put to the people of Hong Kong suggests an increase in nuclear capacity to supply half of electricity as a major plank of its climate change strategy. "Our objective is to reduce the proportion of coal in the overall fuel mix," said the document. The fossil fuel currently "dominates" city power supplies with 54% of generation, while 23% comes from natural gas. With renewables neglibigle to date, the remaining 23% comes from CLP Power Hong Kong Limited's 25% stake in two 984 MWe reactors at Daya Bay in Guangdong Province. Some 70% of the power plant's output is routed to Hong Kong. Boosting nuclear power is seen as the best way of replacing coal and thereby improving air quality - 1994 saw annual greenhouse gas emissions cut by about 7 million tonnes as imports began from Daya Bay. The other option, natural gas, would enable the city to cut greenhouse gases by about 50% compared to the coal generation replaced.
Hong Kong to replace coal with nuclear
15 September 2010
A consultation put to the people of Hong Kong suggests an increase in nuclear capacity to supply half of electricity as a major plank of its climate change strategy.
The cover of the consultation document
The Special Administrative Region's government has explained its proposed approach to mitigation in a consultation document out for public comment until the end of the year. It covers five sectors: energy efficiency, road transport, road fuels, turning waste to energy and "revamping the fuel mix for electricity generation."
"Our objective is to reduce the proportion of coal in the overall fuel mix," said the document. The fossil fuel currently "dominates" city power supplies with 54% of generation, while 23% comes from natural gas.
With renewables neglibigle to date, the remaining 23% comes from CLP Power Hong Kong Limited's 25% stake in two 984 MWe reactors at Daya Bay in Guangdong Province. Some 70% of the power plant's output is routed to Hong Kong.
New coal power plants have not been allowed since 1997 and the latest units, from the 1980s, will retire in the period 2020-30. To handle the drop in coal's contribution below 10% by 2020, the government wants to increase natural gas generation to meet 40% of supply and to boost nuclear to 50%. Renewables are expected to grow to 3%, and remaining coal units would be kept on low utilization rates as reserve.
Boosting nuclear power is seen as the best way of replacing coal and thereby improving air quality - 1994 saw annual greenhouse gas emissions cut by about 7 million tonnes as imports began from Daya Bay. The other option, natural gas, would enable the city to cut greenhouse gases by about 50% compared to the coal generation replaced.
Despite certain policy independence, Hong Kong is bound by the climate change promises made by the Chinese Central Government in November 2009. These set a national target to reduce carbon intensity by 40-45% for each unit of national income, with nuclear power key to this along with efficiency and renewables. However, Hong Kong aythorities have set an ambitious absolute target of a 50-60% reduction in emissions by 2020. This is backed up by an agreement between Hong Kong and the government of Guangdong Province concerning the Pearl River Delta - a region home to up to 120 million people, many concentrated in large cities. A framework agreement between the two governments supports the aims of "gradually phasing out coal-fired generators in Hong Kong" and increasing the supply of "nuclear and other clean energy" to the city.
In its response to the consultation, CLP said it supports the government direction in leading the city towards a low-carbon economy. In September last year CLP's arrangements to take 70% of Daya Bay's output was extended to 2034 and in July the utility announced another nuclear investment. It will take a 17% stake in the Yangjiang nuclear power plant, where six nuclear power reactors should be in operation by 2017. Both these deals are between CLP and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Company.
The company said that increasing the import of nuclear power was feasible but would require a lot of work over the next decade: "If concensus is reached among the community that this is the right direction to go, we have to move fast." Commercial discussions take time, CLP warned, as does the establishment of cross-border infrastructure.
As Ukraine's presidential election approaches, hopeful candidate Yulia Tymoshenko has embarked on a remarkable pro-nuclear campaigning spree. Earlier this week Tymoshenko, who is the current prime minister, paid a visit to the nuclear-industrial complex in the Zaporizhzh oblast
31 March 2010
Source: WNN
Category: news (Nuclear Applications)
The USA has signed with Vietnam for increased cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. America's memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vietnam was signed in Hanoi yesterday by Le Dinh Tien, Vietnam's deputy minister of science and technology, and Michael Michalak, US Ambassador to the country. In a statement, the US Department of State said, "This MoU will open the door for increased cooperation in such areas as the development of human resources and safety and security infrastructure, access to reliable sources of nuclear fuel, and the management of radioactive waste and used fuel." It added, "Vietnam has demonstrated its commitment to the responsible expansion of nuclear power through careful steps taken in cooperation with the United States, among other international partners, towards the development of the robust nuclear infrastructure needed to oversee the deployment of its first nuclear power plants over the coming decades." For more : Read the Article:http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP-USA_and_Vietnam_agree_to_nuclear_cooperation-3103104.html?jmid=12415&
Overview of Nuclear Energy in Uruguay
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Eng. Alvaro Bermudez
July 2010
Uruguay´s overall energy situation is in line with its consumption, one of the lowest in Latin America. In the past 25 years, different democratic governments have made only reduced efforts regarding electricity generation, but they have developed an intensive policy in trying to secure international investment with diverse success. The most important industrial venture in the country´s history is the recent BOTNIA cellulose manufacturing plant under the control of the Finish UPM. This venture had to change its ambitious initial project because of a lack of long term energy resources and turn to a self-generating energy scheme for its wood process transformation, with the resulting reduction of production scope.
Every year the government has to discourage electrical energy consumption due to its incapacity to offer a secure energy supply especially during droughts because of the hydraulic dependence of the national energy matrix. For many years access to energy imports from bordering countries has been the solution and it has already caused 1 billion dollars expenditures in 2008 to satisfy a modest demand of a pre-industrial country.
The limitations mainly come from its lack of own energy resources given Uruguay does not possess carbon deposits, nor natural gas, nor petroleum to the date and past generations have smartly developed hydroelectrical resources to their limits. In the past 10 years an increase of native energy resources has been attempted in the areas of generation and liquid fuel with low results until now. Anyway, the maximum exploitation of these resources is insufficient regarding the national territory and its productive areas from the energy point of view, if we are thinking about a policy to increase industrialization, written in a regional economic productive context in areas clear expansion.
Therefore, the extreme dependence on international energy prices and similar problems in neighboring countries, led the country to study nuclear energy as a long and medium term potential solution. Being able to count on a steady generation independent from adverse climatic variables plus the reduction of the onerous energy import, could lead the way to a local economy takeoff. The former administration created a multipartisan commission, of which I am a part, to study the possible nuclear energy generation as an option, according to the rules suggested by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that would be a part of the 2010 national budget.
The national debate had been already established during my role at the National Direction of Energy and Nuclear Technology in the early 2000s. The alternatives of having a nuclear reactor based in natural or enriched uranium plus its capacity and location are matter of discussion in the media and have generated related literature. It would be also necessary to take into account the offer of the Russian Federation related to midterm solutions in barges with a nuclear generation limited capacity that has interested the present president and is included in the opposition party´s program.
