Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Nuclear Energy in Malaysia

I've been following this issues after my lecturer gave his lecture on the energy resources during my under grade. Some said, having the nuke on our country just like having a nuke bomb in your hands. But, i never thought that way because am aware that the nuke energy doesn't mean an atomic or nuke bomb.

Before talking about the the nuclear energy, we should discuss the phrases of Nuclear Energy as single word.
The word 'Nuclear' used mostly by the citizen was actually just a name. Yes, you can give it to your sons or daughters as their name. It has a meaning when you call it as Nuclear Power which means a power that obtained through controlled nuclear reaction (Herbst et al., (2007). During SPM, we also learn about this things (if u still remember).
Energy in other hands can be describe as quantity that has the ability to change other forces. It could be from the light, thermal and hydraulic.

So, Nuclear Energy can be describe as a forces to do a work (change the system) by using heating energy from the radiation of Uranium and some other heavy metals.

Some people might said that there is no way our country can manage the nuclear waste and its operation. Is it true? Keep your answer for yourself. As i know, we already have our nuclear research since 1972 through Centre for Application of Nuclear Malaysia (CRANE) which known as Agensi Nuklear Malaysia nowadays to promote peaceful use of nuclear science. Since then, we have been using the nuclear energy for research purposes.

Talking about safe use of the nuke energy, we can simply say that it is just like driving, dealing with poisons, doing some other works because all of the things around us have their own hazard. The things we need is just the way to control the things so that no accident would happen.

Nuclear energy has been undergoing so much research since it was first intensively tested in 1890s. You can see so many energy plant around the world nowadays. That was true if u said some of them was exploded and caused death as well as poisoning. But, it was actually caused by lack of precautions and unpredicted events.

Taking into account the current technology we have, i believe that the way world managing the nuclear energy now are safer than before. Its like driving a car without sit belt during early development of cars and driving cars with superb speed with sit belt and other safety features nowadays.

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