Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is extending its investment interest to other nuclear technologies like small modular reactors (SMR) and conventional nuclear fleets – and that could include the planned repowering of the idled Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) if the...
The government is planning to update nuclear agreements with at least five countries in accordance with the nuclear renaissance pathway, as fleshed out in the newly crafted 2024-2050 Philippine Nuclear Energy Program. The updating of multilateral and bilateral nuclear covenants, according to...
The US government is amenable to firming up an agreement on taking back ‘spent fuel’ that had already been irradiated once fissioned or burnt in reactor for nuclear technologies that American suppliers will be deploying to the Philippines. In a roundtable discussion with the Philippine media,...
The Philippines is eyeing robust jumpstart on knowledge transfer as well as training on gaining and ramping up technical expertise on nuclear development and operations following the effectivity of the 123 Agreement with the United States. This has been indicated to the media by Energy Secretary...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) takes a major stride on the reboot of the country’s aim for a deep well of expertise on nuclear power engineering and development, as it started sending its nuclear scholars and interns to preeminent partner-universities in the United States...
The heightened interest of the Philippines on nuclear energy as part of its long-term energy solution has so far been whipping up the curiosity of neighbors in the Southeast Asian region to also weigh in this technology into their energy mix. During the Indo-Pacific Business Forum, Energy Secretary...
Senator Francis Tolentino (Senate Social Media Unit) Senator Francis 'Tol' Tolentino has announced his strong support for the nuclear power program in Labrador, Pangasinan, as an alternative energy source to help resolve the ongoing...
The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), on Tuesday, May 7, said nuclear energy sources can help prevent energy shortages in the Philippines due to its "capacity factor" and "energy density." Photo from Pixabay In a PTV interview, PNRI Executive Director Carlo Arcilla said nuclear power...
Nuclear and radiation technologies offer distinct features and benefits that can effectively diminish the overall amount of plastic and polymer waste in the current technological gaps on a global scale, according to the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is spearheading the Philippine government’s efforts on negotiating the administrative agreement (AA) that will be signed with the US government to underpin the “123 Agreement’ that was cemented last year for the targeted deployment of nuclear technologies in the...
Alabama 6th district Rep. Gary Palmer (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has met with a key nuclear energy partner of the Philippines in United States (US) Alabama 6th district Rep. Gary...
The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) As the country faces the prospect of a power shortfall amid the extreme summer heat, Pangasinan 2nd district Rep. Mark Cojuangco has called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to consider nuclear energy as...
