Java's Ghost Nuclear Reactors

live on the island of Java one of the most densely populated places on earth in a suburb on the edge of Bintaro next to Tangerang regency over 2.6 million a few million people in our suburbs outside Jakarta a paradox merge mega city seven districts Ciputat, Ciputat Timur, Serpong, Serpong Utara, Pamulang, Pondok Aren, and Setu with a total population of 1.2 million scattered near my home form part of Tangerang regency just a few of many suburbs of South Tangerang 26 districts rezoned was 36 districts 3.4 million people in 2009 just one side to a mega city about 15 k from the nearest nuclear reactor there are another two one over an hour away by car in Bundung the city my wife's parents come from here but they live in a suburb of Jakarta called Cijantung in East Jakarta close to city Bogor on the way to Bundung the other nuclear reactor is in Jogakarta big cities suck up power Jakarta the big durian never sleeps misses heart beat but my house is quiet the law is elastic so like a local here I usually never wear a motorcycle helmet within 5 or 10 kilometres from home unless riding to nearby Serpong four on the bike two adults two children Indonesian style because this is normal in these our suburbs but this city in Indonesia kills over 1500 on the roads yearly motorbikes hitting potholes in the road monthly can hit over 30 dead in a single bad pot holed month but out here we avoid all smoke-belching three-wheeled vehicles stinging eyes throats in hours of snarl traffic or gridlock a happy man here lives five minutes from work not two or three hours of traffic conflict away so worry over run down reactors does not exit locals do not even know they are there immediacy includes no might future fear Indonesia hugging Pacific ring of fire volcanoes mud slides kill thousands Aceh Tsunami 2004 killed 230,000 Indonesians reactors presently score nil