JAKARTA - Slovakia with its experience in the field of nuclear energy, including safety issues to decommissioning, is open to cooperating with Indonesia which is planning to build a nuclear power plant.
That was conveyed by Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar, in a joint press statement with Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono, after a bilateral meeting at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta.
Foreign Minister Blanar said that with more than 60 years of experience in building, operating, and decommissioning nuclear power plants, Slovakia is ready to share its expertise and experience, especially in education and human resource development.
"As we know, Indonesia plans to build its first nuclear power plant, we can provide our expertise in this field," said Foreign Minister Blanar.
Separately, the Director General of the European America Directorate of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Grata Endah Werdaningtyas, said that Slovakia specifically has the capacity regarding safeguards, which is an important issue in nuclear issues, not only its development.
"They have expertise on the issue of decommissioning. For those who follow nuclear issues, understand how important decommissioning is," explained Ambassador Grata.
"People say it's easy to build a nuclear power plant, but closing a nuclear power plant is a different challenge, because the issues of safeguards, waste and safety become important issues once the nuclear power plant is closed. And not all countries, even in Europe, have the decommissioning capacity," said Ambassador Grata.
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