Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III opposed the proposal to construct a new nuclear power plant, suggesting that the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) has to undergo intensive assessment first. According to...
Nuclear power can be a viable option to include in the Philippines’s energy mix as it is a safe choice in contrast with the public’s perception. This was what Philippine Nuclear Research...
The Philippines should include nuclear energy in its energy options if it wants to experience cheap and faster electricity, an environment policy expert said before the Department of Energy-Nuclear Energy Programme Implementing...
The Philippines will complete an assessment of the country’s readiness for a nuclear program that will be evaluated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IEAA) to help the country in deciding whether...
Nuclear energy will have a “very important” role in increasing the country’s power supply and will help in lifting many Filipinos into the middle class by 2040 – the administration’s goal –...
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has ordered the Safety and Health Association of the Philippine Energy Sector, Inc. (SHAPES) to look into the country’s adoption of modular nuclear plants. “If it can be done...
Nuclear energy is one of the most controversial power sources in the world today. It is known to be one of the cheapest sources of electricity but various safety and environmental impacts...
After saying that the Philippines won’t tap into nuclear power, President Rodrigo Duterte has given the go-signal for the rehabilitation of the 620 – megawatt powered yet mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant,...
Although shunned by President Duterte himself, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said that nuclear energy is a viable power source for the country’s baseload requirements in moving forward. The Department of Energy (DOE)...
A possible energy crisis may loom in the country if the government cannot find other alternative energy sources to supply the growing demand, former Pangasinan representative Mark Cojuangco said. The impact of...
