Batan must honor consultations

Batan must honor consultations

From Pelita

It is shameful indeed that an official of the National Atomic Agency (Batan) said that the House of Representatives and the community did not have enough knowledge on nuclear energy technology and so discussion on the matter was irrelevant. This statement demonstrates snobbery on the part of the official as an intellectual. Batan and its officials should realize that they obtained the knowledge at the cost of the people's sweat.

Also they should be aware of their social responsibility and work for the sake of the whole people. Their knowledge of nuclear technology will be of little use to mankind if arrogance and vanity lurk in their hearts. On the other hand, such attitudes will only lead them to committing sinful deeds.

Nuclear technology does not only belong to the small group of Batan, as the whole nation is responsible for the welfare of mankind and future generations through proper application of the acquired technology.

It is in this context that the Analysts Group Foundation calls on Batan to refer to the principle of deliberations to reach unanimous agreement in its plan to build a nuclear-powered electricity plant, instead of relying only on the result of the feasibility study and being suspected of bowing to the interest of a certain country that wants to sell its nuclear reactor technology.

SURYA MULANDAR

Jakarta