Philippines will check onto modular nuclear power plants
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Philippines will check into modular nuclear power plants

Aug 8, 2022, 6:11 AM
Kaithe Santos

Kaithe Santos

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The Philippines' envoy to the United States said it is possible to negotiate for modular nuclear power plants, claimed to be the future of clean energy.

Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez said today the Philippines will look into the possible use of modular nuclear power plants, which are advertised as the clean energy source of the future.

In an interview on ANC, Romualdez said the US has offered the power plants and that it is being developed “rapidly.”

“So, we are seriously going to look into it. I think President Marcos is quite excited about it. As a matter of fact, I think NuScale which is a company developing this technology is now having a partnership with the local energy company here in the Philippines,” he said.
“Hopefully, President Marcos will be able to meet with the NuScale if and when he goes to the United States to do this further,” he added.

Romualdez said that power plants are not a revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power plant, the GMA news reported.

“No, not at all. The modular nuclear power plants are very small in nature and they say that it’s even easier to install,” he said.

The envoy added that the modular power plants were “much safer.”

“It’s much safer by the way. I’m told by those developing it that it really is quite the way of the future as far as clean energy is concerned,” he said.

Marcos Jr. has stated in his first SONA his support for incorporating nuclear energy into the nation's energy mix and the requirement for additional power facilities.

Tags: #nuclearpowerplant, #clean energy


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