It's rare to see such positive news. I myself an Indonesian and didn't know about this. Thanks for sharing
Why is this even downvoted?
I remember there was a tweet thread a while ago that compares "techbros" reinventing trains to a carcinization--a phenomenon where basically many animals eventually evolves into a crab-like organism.
Recently, since the new elected president of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, has been in office since October 2024, there has been a good news about building nuclear power generator in Indonesia. Specifically, back in October, he stated in Indonesia-Brazil Business Forum that Indonesia wants to build nuclear reactor [1]. There aren't a lot of information about this yet, but it seems that Indonesia wants to use Thorcon's molten-salt reactor technology [2]. Honestly, my knowledge about nuclear reactor isn't deep, but it seems that molten-salt reactor seems really safe as it eliminates the nuclear meltdown scenario [3].
Honestly? As an Indonesian, I can only believe his word when they actually started building, when I see said reactor physically with my own eyes. After all politicians lies all the time, that includes Indonesian politicians. Especially Indonesian politician, haha. Talk is cheap after all. But the fact that Prabowo himself says that Indonesia wants to build nuclear reactor gives me hope.
What are your thoughts on this? Is molten-salt reactor a good technology?
[1] https://www.cnbcindonesia.com/news/20241118110342-4-589011/prabowo-di-forum-internasional-ri-mau-bangun-reaktor-nuklir (Indonesian source)
[2] https://www.cnbcindonesia.com/news/20241110135352-4-587046/kembangkan-pltn-di-ri-thorcon-siapkan-investasi-rp-17-t (Indonesian source)
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-salt_reactor