Over a year after the submission of its draft, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte signed the national position for a nuclear energy program through Executive Order (EO) No. 164 on Monday, though the new...
With no intention to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), presidential candidate Sen. Manny Pacquiao is looking to tap into floating nuclear power plants to help improve the country’s power generation...
Should the country decide to tap into nuclear power as a source of energy, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said he’s open to it, but is against the reopening of the controversial 621-megawatt (MW)...
Should he win the presidency, former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. will consider nuclear energy as a power source for the country, calling it “clean” and “cost-efficient.” Marcos, Jr., in a BusinessMirror...
Vice President Leni Robredo said that she is open to discussing the possibility of tapping nuclear power to help boost the country’s energy sector. “It’s definitely on the table,” Robredo said at...
Pro-science group Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM) called for a greater push for nuclear power in the country in light of last week’s Red...
The plan to have nuclear energy as one of the country’s power sources is now awaiting President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision, according to Energy Sec. Alfonso Cusi. Cusi said the Department of Energy...
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi vowed to include nuclear power into the Philippines’ energy mix even without the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), he told senators at the hearing for...
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian emphasized the need to extensively study all factors before reopening the controversial Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The senator’s call comes as Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is considering the plant’s...
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman recently questioned the proposed Php92.3-billion budget to reopen and maintain the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), branding it as a memorial of greed and corruption during the...
