2007-02-14 07:06:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Singapore
I am a Singaporean studied in Oregan U.S.
My major was Nuclear Science! I studied for one year and left for aviation job! Well, Nuclear power plant is the BEST! Just imagine, the nuclear plant size is as big as a 2-rooms flat in Bukit Hoe Swee, and the nuclear energy can supply the entire Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio for 10 years!
Why not?! Nuclear power plant save lots of cost! I can tell you, you will be paying just only $200 for your house's electrical bill (with 30 days air-con running non-stop)! No joke!
FYI, 10 years ago, there was a Singaporean Nuclear Scientist graduated with a PhD in Nuclear Research. Well, at that time Science board (now known as DSTA) do not have a job for her and so she went back to US! This came out in the Straits Times many years ago!
2007-02-16 17:58:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unlikely that Singapore would build a nuclear facility on its territory. The total land area for Singapore is 270 square miles with a population density of 16,392 per square mile. Compare this to New York City whose land area is 468 square miles with a population density of 26,700. Imagine a nuclear facility sitting in downtown Brooklyn.
The area north, close to the border with Malaysia, has some acreage free, but not large enough for a facility. Building here would present three major obstacles: 1. there's a lack of available land free of housing. Thousands of people would be uprooted; 2. in case of a nuclear emergency the only reasonable escape route for most people would be to travel north, passed the damaged facility, into Malaysia; and 3. the politics in Southeast Asia isn't conducive at this point. Singapore, despite it size, is considered to have the most sophisticated and powerful defense force in the region. Some countries may view this as a threat and violate the spirit of the SEA nuclear free zone treaty.
If it came to a real need to build a nuclear facility because the region lacked a secured source of power, I see Singapore help financing a facility in Malaysia with the support of other Southeast Asian countries. But this is a stretch.
2007-02-14 09:44:24 · answer #2 · answered by cemnyc 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Singapore should plant more tree instead of building a nuclear plant
2007-02-14 08:13:23 · answer #3 · answered by Jedi K 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God forbid... what if a Chernobyl happens? Singapore would be extinct. In any case I think Singapore's utility needs can be well served with conventional means. Nuclear powered subs maybe.
2007-02-14 17:25:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely Not. They should build wind mills instead. Think green and clean renewable power. Nuclear is none of those.
For a million and one reasons. visit the greenpeace website.
Nuclear is DIRTY and contributes to climate change.
2007-02-14 11:59:30 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Secure 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Siao.
No.1- No space.
No.2- Do you know that there is currently no method of disposing nuclear wastes except landfills, which brings me back to reason No. 1.
P/s: we can't use wind mills either, because we don't have space or sufficient wind capacity to produce electricity.
2007-02-16 04:49:34 · answer #6 · answered by cassaliciousinsanity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where? It's a pretty small nation as it is. How would you evacuate if things went bad? I know, I know.. .the "experts" tell us how safe they are these days, but they're not the ones who have to live next to them.
2007-02-14 07:10:39 · answer #7 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no.they should build more houses n commercial building. there is already limited land area.
2007-02-14 19:55:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it should'nt. We are so small. If it blows up, we will sink...
2007-02-14 16:18:10 · answer #9 · answered by 甲丞子 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. We don't need that to destroy ourself.
2007-02-15 11:01:22 · answer #10 · answered by Spring 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋