M'SIA'S TNB TRAINING PERSONNEL IN NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's largest electric utility
company Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is training its personnel in nuclear
technology by sending them to do masters and doctor of philosophy degrees to
build its capacity in the technology.

"We are training our people. We are sending them to do Masters and PhDs in
South Korea, Japan and the US," said president and chief executive officer Che
Khalib Mohamad Noh

He said the three countries have different sets of nuclear technology
programmes

"The first phase is to have capacity-building by training our people,"
he told reporters here.

TNB, Che khalib said, had also signed a 12-month collaboration agreement
with its South Korean counterpart, Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO), to learn
more about nuclear energy.

"South Korea is exposing our people to nuclear technology," he said.

Che Khalib said TNB will support the government's initiatives in exploring
the country's prospect of entering into nuclear technology ventures.

"I think the government has said many times it will look into nuclear
energy when all other resources have been exhausted.

"So, I think we are on the right direction," he added.
-- BERNAMA