Marcos titingnan posibilidad ng modular nuclear power plants sa bansa — PH envoy

MANILA, Philippines — Titingnan ni Pangulong Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ang posibilidad ng pagtatayo ng modular nuclear power plants sa bansa, na siyang tinitingnan bilang "future" na pagkukunan ng enerhiya, ayon kay Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez ngayong Lunes.

Pagbubunyag ni Romualdez, nag-alok ang Estados Unidos ng mga planta ng kuryente sa bansa.

“[W]e 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,” anang embahador sa panayam ng ANC.

“Hopefully, President Marcos will be able to meet with the NuScale if and when he goes to the United States to do this further,” pagpapatuloy niya.

Kaugnay nito, nilinaw naman ni Romuldez na hindi muling pagbuhay sa Bataan Nuclear Power plant ang plano ng pagtatag ng modular nuclear power plants sa Pilipinas. Pagbabahagi niya, mas ligtas din ang mga plantang ito.

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

“It’s much safer by the way. [I]I’m told by those developing it that it really is quite the way of the future as far as clean energy is concerned."

Matatandaang una nang ipinahayag ni Marcos ang kanyang naising gamitin ang nuclear energy bilang bahagi ng power mix ng bansa.

“I believe it is time to re-examine our strategy towards building nuclear power plants in the Philippines,” wika niya sa kanyang unang State of the Nation Address noong ika-25 ng Hulyo. — Philstar.com intern Vivienne Audrey Angeles