One steering committee and nine working groups have been appointed to study generating electricity using nuclear energy in accordance with a previous Cabinet decision taken that nuclear energy should be considered as an alternative source to meet future energy needs, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardana said.
Speaking at the weekly Cabinet press briefing held today (28), the minister said that according to the recommendations given by the International Atomic Energy Agency with regard to the self-evaluation report that it has prepared, Sri Lanka has the ability to proceed with a nuclear power generation project.
In order to take further steps, it has been recognised that it is proper to become a party to the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage. Accordingly, the joint proposal presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Power and Energy to become a party to these conventions was approved by the Cabinet.
