Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Topic for 14th October

How am I suppose to expect readers to get excited with my posts if even myself thinks it's boring. Never mind, people differs in taste and preferences.
Thoughts for the day
We live in a world full of lies. Great people are the ones who can tell lies yet no one can deny. The greatest people are those who can tell lies, not only you can’t deny it but you agrees with it. You can meet most of these great people in the political and business world.
Some example is that how you felt safe when boarding an airplane or when you drive a Volvo or how you felt secure saving your money in a bank.
The truth is that there is nothing in this world that you could say 100% safe yet you choose to be deceived in order to live or otherwise you’ll live in paranoia. The world is harsh. Concluding all the above, Malaysia needs a spokesman… A great one that could deceive us by saying NPP is 100% safe.

Malaysian government concerns about the citizens fear of NPP. Why fear?
Humans by nature fear something that we can’t truly understand, predict, nor control. We don’t fear nuclear power plant (NPP) but its radiation. Why is that? Nuclear scientist and engineers understands about radiation. They also can control and predict it within some limitations so why fear is still creeping? Because it is something that we can’t hear, neither smell, touch, feel, nor see. It’s a mystical killer that we can’t comprehend with.
So if we want to build one, we have to find a way to reduce or even eliminate fear among Malaysians. I suppose that if our government provides each house with a radiometer, then the fear could ease of. With it, people thought that they actually have some senses to detect radioactive. Or even build a 1 meter thick concrete fortress for each residential area in case of a nuclear reactor blows, well that’s paranoid actually. The thing is our neighboring countries (Thailand and Indonesia) are seriously considering having a nuclear power plant (NPP) by 2025. Say the worst that you fear occurs to their NPP, and then we will still be affected by the radiation leak even though we don’t have one.
What we need is some optimistic whereby our leaders can set a good example and influence Malaysians by living in the closest residential area where the NPP is built. If a nation that had been struck by 2 nuclear bombs could still appreciate NPP, then it’s time we learn from them.

All I'm saying is my personal thoughts. No hard feelings.

12 comments:

Nadia Aaron said...

hey,

kalau malaysia nak implement NPP, government nak buat kat mana ea? sabah,sarawak or semenanjung malaysia?

if sabah n sarawak, radiation akan sampai kat semenanjung juga ker?
and does neighbouring country has a say on these?

Faris Nordin said...

i think NPP implemented a very thorough safety measured, for instance the nuclear reactor itself have up to 5 level of protective layer and the chances of all 5 layer fail at the same time is quite low... besides that NPP also implemented passive safety concept, where it doesn't need any human interface to be executed and it depend on law of physics, like gravity, to be activated... with a proper management NPP is really safe....

mohd nor faris bin mohd nordin(me084035)
reese_rico@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Hey there.

Radiation is indeed a SILENT killer but as what we know nowadays, nuclear energy is safe. But still there is 1-5% of risk that something bad might happen.

First of all, we do have to eliminate fear among the public. They are no scientists or engineers, that is why we need to look at other alternatives to convince them that nuclear is safe. Maybe by providing them a geiger counter radiation detector? But in my opinion we dont need to go till that far. I agree with you that we need good leaders that are able to convince the public that Nuclear is no longer an option, but it is a MUST!

Thank You.

LIM CHEE KEONG ( ME 083567)
eric9090@hotmail.com

Anonymous said...

Hello,
What an interesting article ! Yes I agree that fear is the main hindrance here. Diseases like cancer is on the rise, and the presence of NPP will only raise people's suspicion and fear over its potential cancer-causing-radiation. But I think yes, ministers should live near the NPP to prove that they are safe, but I doubt that will ever happen, especially among the ruling elite. But then again, if campaigners can quell the fear surrounding nuclear radiation, then one major obstacles is already overcome !

JASON FRANCIS
jason_spyboy@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

hi friends,
As for my opinion,i should suggest that,the goverment should play an important role to educate public about the advantage and disadvantage of building nuclear power plant.Besides that,i also would suggest the goverment of Malaysia,to test the NPP area,i mean is there any effects cause by the radiation,goverment should prove to public that NPP,not cause any harm to man kind

KESAVAN S/O MOHANADAS
CE083434
kesavan712554@gmail.com

darshan said...

hi there...awesome article, i agree with the fact that not every thing is safe.even something good has its cons the only thing that scares people is the radioactive waste produced by the reactor and in every article i've read so far i've notice that the waste issue is actually not a big deal because there are some efficient ways in treating them.besides that at the current time the power plnts are doing much harm towards the environment and human health....i think its time for a better change.


DARSHAN A/L NAMASIVAYAM
ME 083535
darshan.bigd@hotmail.com

nabeelsidek said...

How could u say nuclear energy does save cost+sustainable---when there is a debate in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_debate#Safety_concerns

that it does have a high capital cost

We can create a more sustainable, cleaner and safer world by making wiser energy choices.
-- Robert Alan

The two most abundant forms of power on earth are solar and wind, and they're getting cheaper and cheaper…
~ Ed Begley, Jr.

mohamed nabeel b sidek
me083582

Nuke@Malaysia Team said...

mohamed nabeel b sidek

Don't just read and accept. Read and diggest please. Most UNITEN lecturer's hate wikipidia. You can't even use it for your literature review in your Final Year Project. Wind is almost none at all in Malaysia. Solar is still expensive. The most efficient is at 35% for polycrystalline without considering inverter's lost, dirt, tilt, and irradiance. Please read through previous articles posted here. Already explained it. Or better join RE coarse and intro to Nuclear. Owh take Engineering Economics as well so that you could do ROI, IRR, MARR, discounted payback and simple payback.

Thirukumaran Ramasamy said...

I totaly agree with the articles but my personal opinion is our goverment is doing the right measures by having minimal time frame of 10 year to start a NPP constuction as under todays conditions our public are not aware of the benefits of NPP and we also lack of professionals of our own in operating a NPP.

Thirukumaran Ramasamy Chettear
ME083655
thiru_5519@hotmail.com

senna said...

hi,
before we actually start with a power plant..
first of all we should educate malaysians about the necessity of having one and the benefits of it to the future generations..
then only the project can go on without much protests from the public..

utrasenan a/l gunasegaran
me083416
utrasenan_87@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Actually we must try a different approach in changing malaysian view on nuclear.This is because all the while we had been setting a wrong thought about nuclear in our mind.So we really need to change this by explaining the real fact.Of course it will be a hard task but just the time will decide it..( VIMALAN A/l GENASAN vimalan_12@yahoo.com )

Anonymous said...

Really interesting article I have to say. I also agree that Malaysia need good campaigners to deceive the public about the safety of the nuclear power plants. The campaigns for these projects should not be taken for granted because we all know that the public or citizens posses great power that can be a threat to the future sustainable energy development of our country. And in this case, we're talking about nuclear energy of course. Once the convincing is done, everything else is just smooth sailing.

Roshen James
me084283
james_thierry@hotmail.com