With the promise and potential of the now-defunct BNPP back in the national discourse, the onus is now on us to determine: what should Filipinos know, look forward to, and watch out for? VIEW: *This parallax feature is best viewed on desktop.
leeping atop Napot Point, 18 meters above sea level, the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant stands as a concrete reminder for unrealized plans of energy sustainability.
Come February 1976 and a contract was signed between the Philippine government through NPC and Westinghouse to build the first nuclear power plant in the country, to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuel oil. Mr. Torres was only one of thousands of employees from various agencies — including the National Power Corporation , US-based Westinghouse Electric Company, and the Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation — that oversaw the construction and testing of the plant.
In 1986, the Philippine government depowered BNPP due to concerns about safety and corruption. Mr. Janes and his family moved out of the compound, while Mr. Torres’ job shifted to calibration and maintenance of the plant’s electrical measuring instruments.he biggest argument against the nuclear plant is its location near Mount Natib, a dormant stratovolcano within its vicinity.
“When you build a nuclear plant, all of the laws to protect public safety are our main concern,” he said. “If nuclear plants will be operated, the inspectors will inspect it and there will be a final safety assessment report.”The IAEA developed the approach to provide its member states with a guide as they progress with the planning stages of a nuclear power plant.
By wrapping nuclear waste in bentonite clay, which has a layered crystal structure with negative charge, the positive-charged uranium will have no chance of escaping. The waste can then be buried very deep into an uninhabited island and sealed away. Mothballing the plant in 1986 despite its readiness cost the economy at least $13 billion, Dr. Arcilla said, citing 2022 study on nuclear energy in the Philippines.
Interest in nuclear energy grew even further when President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr., vowed to look into nuclear energy to address electricity costs that have gone up, especially with the looming depletion of the Malampaya gas field in the next few years and the threat to coal exports because of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Mini nuclear power plants containing about 70 megawatts — called small modular reactors — are also being considered to supply energy to isolated islands not connected to the grid, places that tend to have the most expensive power costs.
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