A wide range of institutions, facilities, legislation and program are required tosupport the development and implementation of a nuclear power program. Thesecan be referred to as the "infrastructure" requirements of the program. Many ofthese overlap with those required to support other industries and in some cases,only modest extensions of exiting capabilities may be required. Indonesia hasalready established many element of such infrastructure, having maintained avigorous nuclear research and development program over a period of many yearand also having several well established, technologically sophisticated industries,including aircraft development, design and manufacture, steel making andshipbuilding. Indonesia also has an established petrochemical industry, a large andrapidly growing thermal power plant industry and is well under way in developing amodern electronics industry. Several Indonesian plant manufacture heavy electricaland machanical equipment.The exact mix of infrastructure requirements will depend on the scope of thepalnned nuclear power program. It is assumed here that this will ultimately targetfull self-sufficiency in all facets of program implementation, from basic research anddevelopment to final radioactive waste disposal. however, not all these are requiredfor the initial phases of a program, as many element can be imported for the firstunits. Based on the knowledge of the authors, Indonesia already has or is well onthe way to establishing most of the infrastructure requirements for commitment ofthe first units. By Keith J. Bradley; Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
