Sputnik News reported in 2015 that the Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry expects the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the country to be completed by 2024, The Jakarta Post reports, citing the head of the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN). According to Djarot S. Wisnubroto, Indonesian government launched a Go Nuclear program earlier this year to meet the target time frame, which has been set taking security considerations into account, The Jakara Post said on Thursday. Workers using heavy machinery have begun constructing the new MRT line in central Jakarta, Indonesia.
Russia to work on infrastructure projects. Ambassador Batan now needs to select a safe site for the construction of the plant, so that the nuclear power station does not come under the threat of an earthquake during its operation, according to the Indonesian newspaper. Indonesian earlier plans of initiating the construction of a nuclear power plant in 2013 near the town of Jepara in the province of Central Java were scrapped amid local resident protests. Earlier this year, Deputy Director of the Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom, Kirill Komarov said that Moscow is ready to offer cooperation in building nuclear reactors to countries which have plans of nuclear energy development, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.
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