Article: TNB pushes for use of nuclear energy

Zuraimi Abdullah
New Straits Times
09-01-2009
TNB pushes for use of nuclear energy
Byline: Zuraimi Abdullah
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Business Times
Type: Company

MALAYSIA will have its maiden nuclear power plant 15 years from the day it starts working on the project, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) president and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Che Khalib Mohamed Noh said.

The national electric utility is pushing for the use of nuclear energy to head off a power crunch expected in the future, and has asked for a decision from the government around 2013.
Che Khalib, however, stressed that TNB would not simply "jump into developing a nuclear power plant" as an easy way out to meet future ...

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