Jakarta, June 20 -- The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is preparing a regulation to process uranium, which is mainly found in West Kalimantan in the country, to support the development of nuclear power plants (NPPs).

"We are preparing the government regulation. Hopefully, it can be implemented for the purification of radioactive material processing," Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Yuliot Tanjung, informed here on Friday.

Uranium processing is included in radioactive businesses, he said.

Currently, the government is preparing for the licensing system, considering that radioactive mining businesses require stricter supervision, he disclosed.

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), the Nuclear Ener...