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Liberation – nuclear transformation

(Filipino Star) – October 3, 2020 – 12:00 am

As if the country did not have enough disasters, some circles have not given up on nuclear energy for electricity. The idea is to revive the Bataan nuclear power plant, which was built during the Marcos dictatorship. BNPP was discontinued after the 1986 People Power Revolution due to a corruption scandal and safety concerns arising from the fact that it is located on an earthquake fault connected to the dormant Mount Natib volcano in Bataan.

This year’s report estimated the cost of reviving the BNPP, as estimated by a foreign group, at between $ 3 billion and $ 4 billion. Its revival would go against the trend in other countries to reduce nuclear energy in their energy mix, due to safety concerns in power plants as well as the risks posed by nuclear waste, which remains radioactive and cannot be destroyed or recycled.

One of the arguments put forward by the proponents is that nuclear power can provide cheaper energy. But Japan relies heavily on nuclear energy for its energy needs, yet it competes with the Philippines for the most expensive electricity in the Asia-Pacific region.

Japan has yet to fully recover from the collapse of its nuclear reactor at Fukushima Daiichi when it flattened the northeastern part of the country on March 11, 2011 by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake that triggered a tsunami with lethal waves up to 40.5 meters high. Located along the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan is regularly hit by strong earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis that have claimed thousands of lives.

Like Japan, the Philippines is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire. Before this year’s pandemic erupted, the powerful eruption of Taal volcano emptied surrounding communities, displacing thousands, and inundated towns and cities all the way to Metro Manila with stifling toxic ash. Record of earthquakes and aftershocks continues at Taal, as seismologists have warned of the possibility of a catastrophic volcanic eruption.

If BNPP is revived, at exorbitant cost to the cash-strapped government, what happens if Natib Mountain moves as well, or if the Bataan earthquake strikes? If all of the proponents of nuclear power are to live with their immediate families near BNPP – not just for show, and buy a home nearby while the kids live in an exclusive village far out of harm’s way – then by all means, go ahead with a project.

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