Jakarta, March 12, SPA -- Despite strong opposition, the Indonesiangovernment insisted Wednesday it would go ahead with its plans tobuild four nuclear power plants in the country, a state-run mediareport said. According to DPA, State Research and Technology Minister Kusmayanto Kadiman said theplants were part of the country's long-term development plans andwere needed to fulfil its energy demand, according to the state-runAntara news agency. "If one nuclear power plant can produce 1,200 megawatts ofelectricity, we need four plants by 2025 to met our power demand,"Kadiman was quoted as saying. Indonesia plans to build the first nuclear power plant at the footof the dormant Mount Muria volcano in earthquake-prone Central Java,about 450 kilometres east of Jakarta.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/535757