Imagine...

Imagine most the people, living in future, having own energy, generating electricity too.
It may seem like pipe dreams, but wasn't it like that before? It was the firewood, and the cow dung.
Everyone collected their own. Everyone used their own. Others running low on logs, may buy your own.
Surely we can't live by cow dung, and firewood alone. But the concept can be used with other energy forms. Then everyone is back having own energy, and generating electricity too, distributed generation way. Renewable like solar, can operate that way.
Currently electricity generated centrally. Economy of scale dictates so. Technology isn't there to make plants smaller. Centralized generation is the way to go.
Imagine solar using that concept. Localized climate change may well arise. There's no sunlight, reaching the ground. And no rain too, wetting the ground. Development not possible, on the space above. For acres and acres it's just panels. Certainly, this source should not operate in centralized way.
We have to change our mindset too. Not all plants should be centralized. Some ought to be distributed or decentralized. Think of the moon and the stars. For nuclear, the choice is obvious.

Non-Power Applications? No Big Deal...

It's no big deal in saving millions of RM by using non-destructive testings in industrial plants troubleshooting and repair; it's no big deal in enhancing the quality of health care by supplying radio-pharmaceuticals to nuclear medicine centers; it's no big deal in helping farmers increase the yield of their produce by developing better plant varieties; it's no big deal in helping SMEs enhance the quality of their products through the use of radiation processing; it's no big deal in adding values to local resources; it's no big deal in preserving pristine environment through reduction of harmful chemicals usage by using nuclear techniques.
Yes, the list of the applications of nuclear technology other than for energy production can go on; but they are no big deal.
Only occasionally these benign applications get to the pages of the print or electronic media. They deemed to be of no public interest except with the presence of public figure in specially organized activities; and that helps. Promotion of the peaceful uses of nuclear technology need to have more coverage so as to dissuade the public into thinking that nuclear is for destruction only. As the public accepts that nuclear technology brings benefits in many areas they would be more conditioned and better prepared to see that it is applicable for power generations as well.
The use of nuclear technology in non-power applications in Malaysia are now quite well-developed. Sufficient exposure of these developments can create better understanding of the technology and shape positive public opinion.