JAKARTA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian authorities said on Wednesday that the country is accelerating the development of nuclear power plants as part of its energy transition agenda.
Indonesia's National Energy Council (DEN) has appointed Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, to lead the country's Nuclear Energy Program Implementation Organization (NEPIO).
"The NEPIO will not only be tasked to speed up the development plans, but also to regulate the commercial process of the nuclear power plants. But now we are still waiting for further directions from President Joko Widodo before we can immediately move to execute the development," Secretary General of DEN Djoko Siswanto said in a press conference.
Previously, Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) said it was accelerating the commercial operation of small-scale nuclear power plants as part of its upcoming energy transition roadmap. ■
