A feasibility study undertaken by Asian nuclear powerhouse Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. (KHNP) has estimated a five-year timeline to bring back the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) project into commercial operations and boost energy capacity within the term of President...
The government, via the collaborative efforts between the Department of Energy (DOE) and Congress, will be exploring public-private partnership (PPP) or build-operate-transfer (BOT) arrangement for the deployment of nuclear power technologies in the country, be it for the installation of small...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, November 11 maintained that safety issues surrounding the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), remain unanswered, and thus, funds for its maintenance should be realigned to fund the government’s economic recovery programs. Among the issued hounding the BNPP is its...
If the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) can no longer function safely, then the Philippines must build a new nuclear plant. Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Facebook) This is the gist of House Bill (HB) No.2921 filed in the ongoing 19th Congress by Negros Oriental 3rd district...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos reiterated the stand of his diocese opposing the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) to help address the power shortage in the country. Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (Manila Bulletin file) “Our pastoral statement of rejecting and saying ‘no’ to the...
‘Nuclear renaissance’ is undoubtedly gaining traction and sweeping policy agendas for global energy markets, with the likes Germany opting to decommission nuclear fleets; while others are integrating this technology in the revolution of their future energy mix. The Philippines, too, is toying...
Senatorial candidate and human rights defender Chel Diokno on Monday, March 7, thumbed down the Duterte administration's planned use of nuclear energy to boost the country's thinning energy resources. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s campaign team) The human rights lawyer...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda believes he knows a good approach to the possible revival of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). A nuclear power plant jn Belgium (Frederic Paulussen/ Unsplash) Salceda calls this the "franchise approach" and he plans to pitch it soon to the Chief...
With a power supply crisis jolting the next administration, the team of Presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is seriously weighing options to push for the repowering of the mothballed 620-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) so it can eventually augment the country’s...
The offer of South Korea to rehabilitate the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) still stands, the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PNRI) said Monday, Dec. 6. The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is seen during a tour around the BNPP...
