Nuclear

SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile on Friday renewed his call for the operation of a nuclear power plant to wean away the country from dependence on expensive fossil fuels.

MALACANANG has earmarked P50 million for a government study on the possible use of nuclear energy in the country, Energy Secretary Rene Almendras said Thursday.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – President Aquino said the government will study the possibility of using nuclear energy to solve Mindanao’s power problem even if it is a “hot bottle issue.”

Like many developing countries, the Philippines is in search of alternative energy supplies to ease its reliance on costly imported oil, gas and coal. A new government plan includes wind, solar, hydro, biomass and nuclear power among potential energy sources for the country.

MANILA, Philippines – San Miguel Corp. (SMC), the biggest food and beverage company in Southeast Asia, is open to investments in nuclear power generation in line with its continued diversification into heavy industries.

The government has scrapped moves to revive the mothballed 620-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant but nuclear energy remains an option, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said Tuesday.

MalacaÑang has rejected a proposal to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP).

MANILA, Philippines—A small group of Filipinos has begun training in preparation for the possible use of nuclear energy as the Aquino administration begins discussing measures to deal with an impending power crisis, the head of National Power Corp. (Napocor) said Wednesday.

Toshiba Corp. of Japan is keen on reviving the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. Froilan Tampinco, National Power Corp. (Napocor) president, said that the Japanese firm has expressed interest in rehabilitating the Bataan plant since Toshiba already controls Westinghouse Electric Co., the company that constructed the 630-megawatt nuclear plant.

MANILA, Philippines – With the new Aquino administration showing keen interest to develop nuclear energy as an alternative source of electricity, another Japanese company, Toshiba Corp., said it is willing to supply nuclear reactor facilities to the Philippines.

THE looming power crisis has prompted a lawmaker to seek commercial operation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). Rep. Kimi Cojuangco of the Fifth District of Pangasinan filed House Bill 1291 or the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant Act of 2010 on Tuesday which she said would address the country’s electricity generating capacity shortfall by…

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino is not closed to the use of nuclear energy to provide the country with adequate power, especially in Mindanao, but is no longer keen on reviving the mothballed Bataan nuclear power plant (BNPP) because of the high cost this would entail.

MANILA, Philippines—Refusing to die, the bill to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) has been filed anew in the House of Representatives.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines may turn to nuclear energy to solve power shortages in the impoverished nation, President Benigno Aquino said Monday.

MANILA, Philippines – The International Atomic Energy Agency, a UN-sanctioned institution, is likely to be invited to reevaluate the study conducted by Korea Electric Power Co. (Kepco) on the possibility of reviving the Philippines’ first nuclear facility in Bataan.

President Aquino’s administration will look for incentives to curb exodus of nurses and doctors from the Philippines to other countries.

MANILA, Philippines – Former Pangasinan congressman Mark Cojuangco urged President Aquino yesterday to consider reviving the $2.3-billion Bataan nuclear plant to bring down the cost of electricity.

THE Arroyo administration remains hopeful that the incoming administration would consider using the controversial Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), subject to studies that would render it safe for operation.

The Swedish parliament has approved the replacement of old nuclear reactors with new ones, marking a change in policy on nuclear power.

President-elect Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd is “open to nuclear power” as an alternative energy resource to plug the country’s energy crisis, his second cousin Rep. Mark Cojuangco of Pangasinan told The Manila Times on Wednesday.

If stupidity got us into this mess, why can’t it get us out of it? The top story in this paper’s Monday edition was “Experts pitch BNPP to Aquino.” They didn’t actually pitch the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) to Aquino. They pitched it to the media at an orientation seminar and tour of the…

PRESIDENT-APPARENT Sen. Benigno Aquino III is keeping his options open to the possibility of tapping nuclear energy to address a worsening power-supply shortage.

MORONG, Bataan—The incoming administration of President-apparent Benigno Aquino III should seriously consider the use of nuclear energy, including the opening of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), nuclear power experts said at the weekend. They also think the government should make available the needed power supply amid the increasing energy shortage that has been causing…

The Philippines saved the landmark nuclear review conference from collapse by putting forward a last-minute compromise formula after countries failed to reach an agreement on a number of issues in four weeks of intense, and sometimes heated negotiations in the United Nations.

MANILA, Philippines – Mindanao could be the best site for a nuclear power facility, a top energy official said.

An Aquino presidency will be open to “the idea of nuclear power in general” but may not necessarily buy the notion of reviving the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) that his mother mothballed in 1986 because of still-unresolved issues, Liberal Party (LP)standard-bearer Sen. Benigno Aquino III said yesterday.

BALANGA CITY, Bataan—Bataan Gov. Enrique Garcia has reiterated his strong opposition to the plan to rehabilitate the controversial Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The BNPP is in Morong town, Bataan.

MANILA, Philippines – Newly appointed Energy Secretary Jose Ibazeta has vowed to keep nuclear energy development as an option to ensure adequate supply of power in the future.

THE BEST near-term answer to the current power shortage is for the government to invest less than $1 billion in reviving the “still-brand new” Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, according to outgoing Pangasinan Representative Mark O. Cojuangco.

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama declared the world safer Tuesday after a 47-nation summit agreed to a four-year deadline on securing vulnerable nuclear materials from terrorists.