Nuclear

MANILA, Philippines –  President Aquino will not support the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP).

BEIJING (AFP) – The atomic crisis sparked by Japan’s massive earthquake and tsunami is throwing a spotlight on energy-hungry China’s own plans to build dozens of nuclear power plants despite questions over safety.

MANILA, Philippines –  Amid the developing nuclear crisis in Japan, Science Secretary Mario Montejo expressed support for the opening of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) but stressed safety precautions should be implemented.

PARIS: Following is a primer on the health consequences of exposure to radiation: Radiation risk Three things, say experts, determine whether a blast of radiation will be harmless, debilitating or lethal—the intensity of exposure, its duration and access to treatment. Radioactive fallout includes caesium 137, a long-term element and iodine, a short-term element. Intensity of…

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Philippines – Despite the nuclear crisis in the tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan, a Pangasinan official said the provincial board is not rescinding a resolution to have a nuclear power plant built along its coastline.

Following is a primer on the health consequences of exposure to radiation: RADIATION RISK Three things, say experts, determine whether a blast of radiation will be harmless, debilitating or lethal: the intensity of exposure, its duration and access to treatment.

AN advocate for the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) said on Monday that he was not abandoning his cause despite issuing a self-imposed moratorium on it, amid a nuclear power plant’s explosions in disaster-hit Japan and the opposition of some members of the House of Representatives.

The leading proponent of introducing nuclear energy to the country reversed his stand yesterday in the wake of a potential nuclear disaster in quake-hit Japan.

Many of us watched anxiously as Fukushima Daiichi facility’s nuclear emergency unraveled over the weekend. The situation has added to the intense stress and heartbreak Japan has been experiencing since Friday’s 8.9-magnitude earthquake and the subsequent tsunami.

The nuclear energy option will continue to be considered by the government, officials said over the weekend, with lessons from a disaster in Japan to be incorporated into any policy decision. An explosion on Saturday at a unit of the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant north of Tokyo has raised meltdown fears and highlighted the…

REPORTED meltdowns of the nuclear reactors of Japanese power plants in the wake of an 8.9-magnitude earthquake late last week prompted a lawmaker over the weekend to seek the conversion of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) into a natural gas-fired energy generator.

MANILA, Philippines – Akbayan Rep. Walden Bello has urged lawmakers to rethink the proposed revival of the mothballed Bataan nuclear power plant in the wake of the largest earthquake in Japan’s history.

NUCLEAR power is not an option for the Visayas and Mindanao because the power plants producing it would be too large for the two markets, Aboitiz Power Corp. said over the weekend.

MANILA, Philippines –  Aboitiz Power Corp. (APC) has no plans to engage in nuclear energy development, a top company official said.

DESPITE THE NEED to look beyond hydro power as a source of electricity for Mindanao, there is just not enough demand on the island to justify the cost of building a nuclear plant there, the top executive of a major power producer told reporters late last week.

MANILA, Philippines – Korea Electric Power Corp. (Kepco) is looking to participate in the conduct of a feasibility study on the safety of nuclear energy in the Philippines.

MANILA, Dec. 22 (PIA) — A study on safety standards for nuclear energy will begin next year, the Department of Energy (DoE) said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said it is ready to draft new rules on the rate structure for nuclear power development once government approves a nuclear energy program.

The Philippines has sought the assistance of the International Atomic Agency in its ongoing review and assessment of the possible rehabilitation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) which has been dormant for more than two decades.

MORONG, Bataan: A group of anti-nuclear power activists and a much smaller group of nuclear-energy supporters on Saturday held separate rallies as delegates of the Nuclear Power Forum arrived at the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) in Morong town.

MANILA, Philippines – If the National Government will use Public Private Partnership program for the rehabilitation of Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), the private entity’s participation should not go over 20 percent, according to a former legislator.

History seems to be repeating itself in the case of the country’s love-hate relationship with nuclear energy. Amid frenzied lobbying in Congress by both the opposers, led by Greenpeace, and the energy players that are betting on nuclear as a safe, clean (read: good alternative to fossil fuels) means for building capacity while the specter…

MANILA, Philippines – The government is considering the inclusion of nuclear energy projects in the Private Public Partnership (PPP) scheme, a ranking energy official said.

The government will conduct a feasibility study on the safety standards on nuclear power next year as it weighs whether or not to push through with the controversial technology.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has highlighted key measures that must be undertaken by states to fulfill the promise of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

The Aquino administration needs to deal with this matter with a little more urgency — if that is at all possible. Next year it is nearly certain that Luzon will suffer from prolonged rotating brownouts. That will be because the demand for power will overtake the existing generating capacity to meet that demand. Should some…

MANILA, Philippines – Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s biggest power distributor, is looking at nuclear energy as a possible power source over the long term in line with the company’s bid to return to po-wer generation, its top executive said yesterday.

SUBIC BAY (PLDT/WeRoam) — Much of the prognosis in the air point to a possible return of crippling power blackouts early next year, more markedly in summer. The figures I have seen indicate that while the peak demand nationwide is around 9,500 megawatts (7,000 mw of it in Luzon), the current dependable supply totals 10,500…

MANILA, Philippines – Diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said it is willing to rehabilitate the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) and join all biddings for the government’s infrastructure projects specifically the ones included in the Private Public Partnership (PPP) list.

MANILA, Philippines – A US-based engineering company is convincing the Philippine government to reconsider its planned scrapping of the rehabilitation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP).