
Creating prosperity for the people is the main goal of all countries in the world. The indicator used by the world (UNDP) to measure the level of prosperity is the Human Development Index (HDI). In particular, it measures achievements in three critical dimensions: health and life expectancy, education, and standard of living. A country is said to have a high level of prosperity as can be seen from the HDI which is greater than 0.8, while Indonesia’s HDI level in 2020 is 0.718.
These three dimensions are closely related to economic development. Economic development of a nation is an important pillar for the implementation of the development process in all fields. A society whose economic development is successful is characterized by a high income per capita. One of the sectors that contributes the most to economic growth is the industrial sector.
In some developed countries, the role of the industrial sector is more dominant than the agricultural sector. The industrial sector plays a key role as an engine of development because it has several advantages over other sectors, because the capital capitalization value embedded is very large, the ability to absorb a large manpower, as well as the ability to create value added from each input or basic material that is processed.
If the economy increases, the demand for goods and services by the household sector will increase. This will be responded by the industrial sector to increase production capacity. In meeting the demand for goods and services, industry sector will increase the demand for input goods, including the demand for electrical energy. The impact of increasing demand for goods and services will increase manpower income. If people’s incomes increase, it will have an impact on increasing purchasing power so that the consumption of goods and services, including electricity consumption will increase furthermore. And the rotation of this cycle will continue to produce positive economic growth.
With nuclear energy supplying electricity in Indonesia, stable, reliable, affordable and large-scale energy will be available that can support the growth of the industrial sector. The cheaper and more affordable electrical energy, the more competitive the price of industrial output will be. Nuclear energy is clean, environmentally friendly and sustainable energy, reliable and stable because it is not affected by weather and has a relatively low level of price volatility.
With all the advantages of nuclear energy, it can be said that to achieve prosperity, Indonesia urgently needs nuclear energy. Because there are no other energy sources that have so many advantages like nuclear energy. Without the role of nuclear energy, it will be very difficult to increase the growth of the industrial sector and catch up with the economy and prosperity from neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore as well as to achieve the commitment of net-zero emission.