The Philippines is facing a looming energy crisis as the Malampaya natural gas fields, which supply about a third of Luzon island’s energy needs, are expected to be depleted by 2024. READ:
“It’s mostly the lack of information that makes Filipinos hesitant about nuclear power,” the senior high school student from the Ateneo de Manila University, who used to be against nuclear energy, said via Zoom. “We want to bring that information to them.”
High electricity prices and the country’s heavy reliance on imported fuel pushed the Philippine government to revive plans to add nuclear energy to the country’s power mix despite safety warnings from environment experts.rst address to Congress in July said it was time to reexamine state policy on nuclear energy.
Critics have also raised health issues, reliance on imported uranium, high waste and the steep cost of decommissioning after Korea Hydro and Russia’s Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corp. submitted proposals in 2017 to rehabilitate the plant. In 2021 countries including Argentina, Canada, China, Russia and the United States were at the licensing stage to build small modular reactors, data from the International Atomic Energy Agency showed. There are more than 70 commercial designs being developed globally.
“We need an independent regulator,” the congressman said. “All of the institute’s regulatory powers should be transferred to this body. There is no need to amend existing regulatory framework. Over the years we have established all the laws and regulations regarding ionizing radiation.”
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