Indonesia's plan to build nuclear power plants received a big boost after a key parliamentary commission said it supported the move, aimed at meeting the country's growing demand for electricity.
The next step is for the commission for energy, technology and the environment to ask Parliament to endorse the plan by a vote, which is now a formality.
"Indonesia can no longer rely on non-renewable energy sources such as gas and coal to generate electricity in future," the chair of the parliamentary commission for energy, technology and the environment, Teuku Riefky Harsya, said in a statement.
"I believe that nuclear power plants will not leak if managed properly," the Antara news agency quoted him as saying on Monday.
He was speaking after he and commission members visited the National Atomic Energy Agency (Batan) in Serpong, south of Jakarta, at the weekend.
The Yudhoyono administration has yet to present a detailed proposal on the building of nuclear plants to Parliament.
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