Russian Nuclear power generating company Rosatom is ready to build a nuclear technology and science research center in the Buluminung Industrial Estate in the Penajam Paser Utara district, East Kalimantan.

At a meeting between Rosatum and East Kalimantan provincial administration in Jakarta on Wednesday, the company said it was ready to build a nuclear research center in the Buluminung Industrial Estate, as stated by Penajam Paser Utara deputy regent Mustaqim MZ on Thursday, May 11.

Mustaqim said the meeting was held at the request of Rosatum and added that such meetings have been held several time before to discuss details about the plan to build the nuclear research center called The Buluminung Nuclear Industry-Science Technopark (BNI-STP).

It was already determined thah the BNI STP location would be at the Buluminung Industrial Estate in the regency of Penajam Paser Utara, he said. “The project was planned by the East Kalimantan provincial administration and the National Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan).”

In February, Batan visited the regency as part of the preparation for the BNI-STP construction. A technical team from Batan had studied the possible location for the nuclear research center. A survey has also been carried out to prepare a report of a feasibility study for the project.

The Penajam Paser Utara district administration will provide a land plot of at least 20 hectares for the BNI-STP project, Mustaqim said.

According to him, the district would benefit from the construction of the project such as the new jobs. “We are confident that later on, the Penajam Paser Utara regency would grow to become a big industrial area,” he said.

Earlier, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan said Rosatum offered to develop turnkey nuclear power plants in Indonesia.

source: tempo.co