Indonesia to build four nuclear power plants until 2025

The Indonesian government is planning to build four nuclear power plants (PLTNs) until 2025 to meet domestic demand for electricity, Research and Technology Minister Kusmayanto Kadiman said here Wednesday. "If one PLTN has a capacity to produce 1,200 MW, we will be needing four nuclear power plants by 2025 to meet domestic need for electricty," the minster said during a visit to Sebelas Maret University (UNS) here. A number of locations where the nuclear power plants could be set up had already been surveyed, including places in the northern parts of Java Island and in the southern parts of Kalimantan island, he said.