00:00Malaysia has pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
00:04But here's the reality.
00:05Solar helps, yet it's intermittent.
00:08Gas and coal keep emissions high.
00:19If we are serious about net-zero while energy demand rises,
00:22nuclear is not just another option.
00:25It is the only technology that can deliver clean, large-scale 24-7 power.
00:30If you want to do this in a way that is clean and is 24-7,
00:34you don't really have too many choices.
00:36Malaysia's demand is growing quickly.
00:38New industries, foreign investment and data centers are driving consumption.
00:43This demand energy from artificial intelligence, data center.
00:47It's huge to run their chip computing time as well as cooling.
00:53They have to run pump and so on, so the energy demand needed.
00:57In Sabah, blackouts are already concerned.
01:00Without both choices, the country risks higher electricity costs
01:04or even nationwide shortages.
01:06In Sabah, blackouts are already concerned.
01:08Without both choices, the country risks higher electricity costs
01:10or even nationwide shortages.
01:11Because of what we need now is the energy that is the biggest energy.
01:18On safety, think of it like air travel.
01:21Some fear flying, yet it is among the safest ways to move.
01:24Nuclear is similar, a highly regulated technology with decades of proven operation.
01:29The facilities are incredibly robust.
01:32The fact that we are here for 80 years of the Russian nuclear industry,
01:39nuclear power plants have been operating all over the world very safely,
01:44producing 10% of the electricity at a global level in a very quiet, very humble manner.
01:53Here's the scale of its efficiency.
01:56A uranium pellet the size of your fingertip can power an average Malaysian home for more than a year.
02:01To get the same amount of energy, you need a truckload of coal, a full tanker of oil,
02:07or hundreds of gas cylinders.
02:09Globally, 32 countries operate nuclear plants with about 50 more preparing programs.
02:15In ASEAN, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand are already moving in this direction.
02:21We've been having many conversations with colleagues from Malaysia, from Philippines,
02:27from Indonesia, from Thailand, from Vietnam, from Singapore.
02:31Malaysia cannot set high climate goals and stand still while others advance.
02:36Waste management? The industry has managed it with a closed-cycle system for over 80 years.
02:52There is no other energy source that can tell you that every single gram of used material waste
03:04that has produced throughout the 80 years of its history around the world is all properly managed.
03:11It is at this interim storage where we are recycling it, and it is safely and securely managed
03:19and separated from the environment without any impacts.
03:23On viability, nuclear plants can run for up to a century, support industry, create skilled jobs,
03:29and provide round-the-clock electricity.
03:31For example, in Finland, when we added Okinoto 3 into the grid, the cost of electricity in Finland decreased by 75%.
03:40Malaysia is being presented with three main pathways.
03:44A full-scale 2,000-megawatt plant with two reactors, enough for about 2 million homes, roughly the whole of Penang.
03:52Small modular reactors suited for hubs like Pengarang in Johor or Samalaju in Sarawak.
03:58Floating nuclear units ideal for islands such as Labuan or Langkawi.
04:03On partnerships, Russia's Rosatom is already delivering projects in Bangladesh, Turkey, and Egypt.
04:09The US is promoting small modular reactors through its first program, a 1-2-3 agreement with the Philippines,
04:16and Project Phoenix to convert coal plants into SMRs.
04:20Beyond technology, awareness and public trust are critical.
04:24Very serious conversations need to be taken place with the public, with all the stakeholders in the community to ensure that everybody is well aware and understands what this means.
04:36And only then you move forward.
04:39In Russia, nuclear education begins in kindergarten and continues through youth programs.
04:44Malaysia has studied nuclear since the 1970s.
04:47What is needed now is not hesitation, but action.
04:51In RMK 30 recently, I think Prime Minister had mentioned the target of policy, it's a policy decision.
05:00The US is a policy decision.
05:01We are now to build a power as a nephew that will make a solution.
05:07The most quickly to continue is that the 10 years later will be coming.
05:12Donish Rajareza reporting from Moscow, FMT.
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