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by Gerardo P. Sicat – The Philippine Star, 22 Sep 2021 In 1985, the construction of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant project of the National Power Corp. was structurally completed.
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By Angelica Y. Yang, 15 Nov 2020 NUCLEAR POWER holds the potential to address the country’s need for reliable, always-on baseload power, but the risks posed by the energy source could be a key sticking point towards its adoption, experts said.
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By Ben Kritz, Manila Times, 4 Oct 2020 Promoting nuclear power anywhere in the world at this point makes about as much sense as promoting zeppelins as a practical transportation option, and nowhere more so than in the Philippines. Reality and common sense, however, have never been much of an impediment to this country’s “nuclear…
by Adam J. Ang, BusinessWorld, 20 Sep 2020 NUCLEAR ENERGY could be helping power the grid by 2027 at the earliest, according to the Department of Energy (DoE).
By BusinessMirror, 16 Aug 2020 The mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant provides a massive background to science journalists’ photo op during their tour of the facility a few years back. The interest in nuclear power program is in high gear once again with government experts throwing their support for it after Malacañang gave a go…
By Ma. Cristina Arayata, PNA, 12 Aug 2020 MANILA – Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) director Carlos Arcilla is encouraging the use of nuclear power in the energy mix, saying this could also help lower one’s electricity bill.
by Charmaine A. Tadalan, BusinessWorld, 2 Aug 2020 NUCLEAR POWER within the next two years is unlikely because of the need to complete the appropriate preliminary studies and pass laws regulating the sector, the Senator who chairs that chamber’s energy committee said.
by Ronnel W. Domingo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 Aug 2020 Electricity consumers and science advocates raised a howl over renewed government moves to make the Philippines a nuclear-power country, particularly as the recently signed Executive Order No. 116 revived the possibility of using the mothballed power plant in Bataan.
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France’s Fessenheim nuclear plant, for years the focus of anti-nuclear protests, has been switched off after more than four decades.
By DONA MAGSINO, GMA News, 22 May 2020 The Department of Energy (DOE) is exploring the possibility of tapping nuclear energy to further lower the cost of electricity in the Philippines amid the global pandemic, according to the agency’s head on Friday.
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By Hannah Torregoza, Manila Bulletin, Jan 6, 2019 Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has pressed the Department of Energy (DOE) to publicly release its report on the integrated work plan for nuclear power infrastructure in the country.
By Ben Kritz, Manila Times, 5 Nov 2019 EVER since the Russian government, through its atomic energy agency Rosatom, first made its pitch to sell nuclear technology to the Philippines back in 2016, the Department of Energy (DoE) under Secretary Alfonso Cusi has gone to great lengths to try to convince a largely indifferent public…
By: Ronnel W. Domingo, Philippine Daily, 31 Oct 2019 The Department of Energy yesterday formally received an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on the Philippines’ capability to adopt nuclear energy for electricity generation.
By TED CORDERO,GMA News, 30 Oct 2019 The Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday received the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) report on the phase 1 of the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission.
by Bilyaryo, 11 Oct 2019 Senator Win Gatchalian has called on the Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi to be more transparent in its nuclear energy program agenda amid reports that the Philippines and Russia signed a deal on exploring the possible construction of nuclear power plant in the country.
The senator worries over safety, including dealing with waste, after the Philippines and Russia signed a deal on the construction of nuclear power plants by Aika Rey, Rappler, 8 Oct 2019 MANILA, Philippines – Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, October 7, said that the Philippine-Russia deal on the construction of nuclear power plants in the…
Nuclear fusion could be the clean energy the world needs—and private companies are now working on machines to harness it. By Jon Asmundsson and Will Wade, 28 Sep 2019, Bloomberg Markets About two dozen private companies around the world are working to harness a transformative energy technology that could rescue the planet from climate catastrophe.…
by Marton Dunai, Geert De Clercq, 24 Sep 2019 BUDAPEST/PARIS (Reuters) – Nuclear power is losing ground to renewables in terms of both cost and capacity as its reactors are increasingly seen as less economical and slower to reverse carbon emissions, an industry report said.
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
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Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
