Nadia Aaron asked...

Where is it going to be build in Malaysia?

If our neighbouring countries had a NPP reactor blow, will the radiation reach us?

Where to build? Borneo (Sabah or Sarawak)... Not a chance. There's already BAKUN over there to supply electricity. Well not yet but sooner. Ok, suppose our NPP is built in Borneo, how are we supposed to send the electricity to the peninsular where the demand is at peak? Transmission cables ya... Distance more than 1000km so we should use underwater sea cable. Can you imagine how much power loss will occur within 1000km cable? Suppose we increase the power. P=VI. Increase voltage? Not a chance. If there's a leakage then imagine 1000V or more in water. Increase current. Possible but high current flow would produce a strong electromagnetic field around it which could damage the eco system. Perhaps my colleague taking EE could explain more on this as it is neither my expertise nor preferences. It is actually not possible to do such a thing for now. Even if we manage it, the cost will be too high hence leaded to loss rather than profit. Profit (loss) = Total Revenue - Total Cost. I actually heard rumours saying we already have a spot for our NPP. It should be near the sea for the cooling loop system and easy transportation. Not around north east coast (Kelantan, Pahang, Johor, Terengganu) as it will be too "exposed". So the nominations are Penang,kedah, Perlis, Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, and Johor. Owh ya Penang, Kedah and Perlis have a Tsunami history and hence can be excluded. Melaka also as its sea shore are too dense. I think the rumours stated Negeri Sembilan.

Radiation could actually be transferred in almost every possible way you could think of. It only depends on its intensity, shielding, and distance. Chernobyl incident occur in Ukraine, Europe. In several days, the United States of America detected that the radiation reached them followed by Japan. That’s just a simple indication on how far and how fast it can spread. It actually depends on the source radiation intensity where the intensity decreases as distance increase. We are talking about Indonesia and Thailand.

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