COMMENT | Nuclear a false solution, declined dialogue invite

COMMENT | Recently, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and Greenpeace Malaysia were invited to speak at the International Nuclear Science, Technology, and Engineering Conference (iNuSTEC2023) at Uniten Putrajaya campus on Oct 10-12.

We have declined the invitation to the dialogue session because we simply see no point in attending a conference that supports nuclear energy.

We are against nuclear power for the following reasons:

● Nuclear power is inherently unsafe. Studies have shown that residents surrounding the vicinity of nuclear power plants (NPPs) have higher chances of contracting cancer, leukaemia, and generational DNA defects due to high radiation exposure.

Nuclear waste remains radioactive for thousands of years and cannot be disposed of safely. No proven solution exists for dealing with radioactive waste.

NPPs are also vulnerable to...