JP\/8\/SCENE<\/p>\n
RI institutions use nuclear power<\/p>\n
DENPASAR: At least 2,000 government and private institutions
\nhere have been using nuclear power, and 10,000 pieces of
\nequipment throughout the country generate radiation, according to
\nNuclear Power Supervisory Board (Bapeten) head M. Ridwan.<\/p>\n
Hospitals are among the institutions that have consistently
\nbeen using nuclear power, Ridwan said when socializing the use of
\nnuclear power and its control in Denpasar, Bali on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Ridwab added that hospitals that have x-ray equipment for
\ndiagnostic and therapeutic uses have been using nuclear power,
\nradioactive substances, and radiation.<\/p>\n
According to Ridwan, Bapeten helps the government by
\ncontrolling the use of nuclear power in Indonesia in accordance
\nwith existing laws.<\/p>\n
Bapeten also formulates national policies to monitor the use
\nof nuclear power, and drafts national plans and programs in
\nnuclear power control, he said. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nScene-Hamzah-visit
\nVP to visit Parepare port
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VP to visit Parepare Port<\/p>\n
PAREPARE: Vice President Hamzah Haz is scheduled to visit on
\nSaturday Parepare Port, the second busiest port in South Sulawesi
\nbehind the port in the provincial capital of Makassar.<\/p>\n
The visit is meant to allow the Vice President to examine the
\npossibility of expanding the port, which is equipped with a 230-
\nmeter berth, the head of the data and information section at
\nstate port management company PT Pelindo IV's Parepare office,
\nBurhanuddin, said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The port is currently used to serve passenger liners operated
\nby state-owned shipping company PT Pelni, and cargo vessels from
\nboth domestic and foreign shipping companies.<\/p>\n
During the visit, Hamzah will be accompanied by four ministers
\nand South Sulawesi Governor HZB Palaguna, Burhanuddin said.<\/p>\n
Following the visit to the port, Hamzah will attend a
\ngathering of supporters of his United Development Party (PPP) in
\nParepare. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nScene-fprest-fire<\/p>\n
JP\/8\/SCENE
\nFire destroys plantations, forests<\/p>\n
PEKANBARU, Riau: Fire has ravaged 11,569 hectares of
\nplantations and commercial forests in Riau province over the past
\nmonth, a local environment expert said in the provincial capital
\nof Pekanbaru on Thursday.<\/p>\n
"The damaged plantations and forests are in the districts of
\nSiak, Rokan Hilir, Bengkalis, and Dumai," said Mangandar S.P. of
\nthe provincial office of the Environmental Impact Management
\nAgency (Bapedal), as quoted by Antara.<\/p>\n
As of early this month, at least 51 hot spots were still found
\nin Bengkalis and the islands of Riau, he said, adding that the
\nhot spots were detected in the plantation areas of PT Budidaksa
\nDwi Kesuma, PT Makmur Platindo Nusantara and PT Panuasurya
\nAgrosejahtera, and in the forest concession areas of PT Arara
\nAbadi and PT Rimba Rokan Lestari.<\/p>\n
"All these companies are in Bengkalis," he said, noting that
\nan investigation team would soon be sent to observe the affected
\nareas.<\/p>\n
Asked whether the protected forest of Bukit Batu had caught
\nfire, he said that it was difficult to verify but one of the
\nnearby plantations was reportedly ablaze.<\/p>\n
A report from the Bengkalis-based environmental agency said
\nthat about 150 hectares of Bukit Batu forest had already been
\naffected by fire. -- Antara<\/p>",
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