
Mining
Electric power demand at this time is supplied mostly by conventional power generating plant using non renewable energy sources, i.e., oil and coal..
GENKAI NUCLEAR POWER STATION, JAPAN, 2007
Jepang membuat instalasi nuklir Genkai bukan lokasi menakutkan. Ada taman bermain anak dan taman rekreasi. Sebab Genkai Nuclear Power Station ini dibuka untuk umum, untuk memberi kesadaran kepada khalayak Jepang bahwa negeri itu membutuhkan tenaga nuklir untuk kepentingan bersama.
Foto oleh Robert Adhi Kusumaputra / Kompas Daily (Indonesia), 9 Des 07.
Another unrenewable energy resource that has high energy efficiency is Uranium. Comparing with Coal, Uranium come to an amazing comparation, i.e., 1 : 1000. It means for 1 kg of Uranium producing energy as much as 1 ton of Coal. Uranium is used in Nuclear Power Plant.
In Indonesia, the nuclear power development for commercial scale is in promotion stage. In some developed countries, the contribution of Nuclear power is significant in supplying cheap electrical energy.
