PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi that reviving the landmark 2015 deal on Tehran's nuclear capabilities was "still possible" but must happen "as soon as possible". Macron also "expressed his disappointment" at the absence of...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia is using Europe's largest nuclear power plant as a base to store weapons including "missile systems" and shell the surrounding areas in Ukraine, an official with Kyiv's nuclear agency said Friday, while nearly the entire country was placed on air raid alert.  A...
The top official of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) believes that nuclear power could offer the country with the cleanest source of baseload power at a lesser cost. The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is seen during a tour around the BNPP...
Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (REUTERS / FILE PHOTO) A PUBLiCUS Asia survey has found that the “majority” of Filipinos support the construction of a nuclear power plant in the country. In the 2022 PAHAYAG 2nd quarter nationwide survey conducted from June 16 to 22 with 1,500 respondents, 59 percent...
After 34 years with no operating nuclear facility, the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) starts the Philippine Research Reactor-1 Subcritical Assembly for Training, Education, and Research (PRR-1 SATER) on Monday, June 20. The fuel is...
There has been a lot of talks happening on nuclear energy because of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s executive order to include it in our energy mix and President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s campaign promise to install at least one nuclear power plant and to consider the revival of the...
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...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto Santos has renewed his diocese’s opposition to efforts to revive the nuclear plant on Bataan peninsula near Manila. Bishop Ruperto Santos(CBCP/File Photo/MB) “Our pastoral statement of ‘No to BNPP’ rehabilitation stands,” CBCP News quoted the prelate's interview on...
The team of outgoing Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi is preparing a "comprehensive plan" and "to-do-list" that it will be passing on to the upcoming energy officials of the administration of presumptive President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In a briefing with reporters, Energy Undersecretary Felix...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda is gnashing his teeth over the Department of Energy's (DOE) apparent inability to respond to the country's power situation, which he thinks could lead to rotating blowouts very soon. (Jarl Schmidt/ Unsplash) "Over the past days, half of our baseload plants have...
SEOUL, South Korea – Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a new guided weapons system to improve North Korea's "tactical nukes", state media said Sunday, capping days of celebrations surrounding the birthday of the country's founding leader. The launch was the latest in an unprecedented...
SEOUL, South Korea – After firing its largest-ever missile, North Korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test, officials and analysts say, reviving a longstanding debate south of the border: should Seoul have nukes too? Pyongyang has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this...
