#新加坡辣妹更嗆辣
新加坡總理夫人，何晶於上周發表新加坡應該發展核電的言論，她非常了解新加坡在減緩溫室氣體上的不足，以及新加坡在發展核電上的潛力，畢竟新加坡的主要能源為天然氣，且未來冷凍空調需求會持續成長。而她也同時知道福島事故的發生原因，認為要從檢討實務面以科技來改善缺陷...不過從她的學術以及實務背景來看(新加坡工程名譽院士)，好像也不會太意外有這樣的言論出現，根本新加坡辣妹一個。
當然新加坡短期內可能還沒有核電廠建置的計畫，2012年的評估結果為不適合，但是相關的研究仍在進行中，2014年起投入了相當多的研究能量於核電技術研發。
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新加坡國立大學 電機工程學碩士
美國史丹佛大學電子科學碩士
新加坡工程學會（Institution of Engineers, Singapore）名譽院士
2007《富比士》世界百名權威女性排行榜中，列位第三，連續三年前10名
SG decided in the early days, no more coal fired power plants bcos of the pollution they bring.
And we switched to gas as soon as it was available, bcos it is less pollutive.
In terms of carbon dioxide emission, coal, oil and gas would be similar.
But in terms of air pollution and various particulates from the fuel composition, gas is the cleanest.
We also considered nuclear.
Pioneers like Dr Tay Eng Soon were attached to the UK Atomic Energy Agency for training.
But singov then decided it was too risky since we have just this one small SG island. And so the team was disbanded.
Dr Tay Eng Soon went on to teach in the university, and later founded the Defence Science Organisation for Mindef, before ending as a politician who transformed vocational training for SG.
But the current generation of nuclear power generation is much safer than the 1st generation of nuclear power plants like the Fukushima plant.
Fukushima relies on active power source to maintain the cooling - lose that power source and there will be a serious meltdown risk.
Current generation designs are based on a fail safe approach. When power fails, the system remains safe.
This is similar to another concept called fail soft approach. In a fail soft approach, the system continues to be operational in a degraded mode, which gives time for corrective action.
With almost all Asean countries wanting to have nuclear power plants at some foreseeable future, it is important that Asean begins to do research especially on safety and security aspects well beforehand to build up professional and scientific capability and capacity to handle nuclear plants well.
An example of emerging security risks would be the cyber risks of an external agency taking over and messing a power plant via software and remote entry.
Newer nuclear options are on the horizon, not eminent, but within decades.
Overall, for a greener earth and to reduce carbon emissions, we must master and adopt nuclear energy as a key solution.
For now, it is better than developed and more capable nations step up their nuclear power capacity.
This will reduce the demand for fossil fuels, and lower the overall carbon emissions.
At the same time, developing economies can do their part to switch away from coal to cleaner gas or greener renewables.
