Greenpeace on Tuesday marked the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster with a call to the governments of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, to abandon all plans to develop nuclear power plants in the region to ensure safety of its citizens, a press statement said here.

Greenpeace is calling upon the President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia to invest heavily in energy efficiency and harness clean, safe renewable energies to meet country's energy requirements instead of dirty coal and dangerous nuclear energy.

"Chernobyl is to date the world's worst civilian nuclear accident, but the unfolding disaster in Fukushima, Japan demonstrates that no amount of technological sophistication or safety culture can prepare any country or its people to the inherent dangers of nuclear energy. Like in Chernobyl, the Fukushima incident has shown that we cannot control or manage nuclear energy and its fallout," said Arif Fiyanto, Greenpeace Southeast Asia Climate and Energy Campaigner.

The statement also said Greenpeace believes that to secure a safe and better future countries must choose renewable energy over nuclear power.