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Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in Morong, Bataan(Photo courtesy of Philippine Senate) MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Executive Order (EO) 164 that now includes the potential of nuclear power in the country's energy mix. Released on Thursday, EO 164 was signed by the Chief Executive last February 28. "This policy is the start of the national nuclear power program," said Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza Jr. in a press conference. Under the new policy, it stated that the country "shall ensure the peaceful use of nuclear technology anchored on ...

Albay Rep. Joey Salceda (File photo) MANILA - The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday said President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's policy of pursuing safe and reliable nuclear energy would promote the country's national and economic security and also make it more energy-independent. Albay Rep. Joey Salceda made the statement as he expressed strong support for Duterte's policy commitment towards nuclear energy as embodied in Executive Order No. 164, which was made public on Thursday. "Let me make it very clear: I support the pursuit of safe and reliable nuclear e...

WITH only a few months left before the end of his term, President Duterte issued Executive Order (EO) No. 164, which “commits” the introduction of nuclear power in the country’s energy option to meet the rising local power demands by 2040. This, as the government scrambles to ensure energy security…

This comes around more than a year after the Nuclear Energy Program Inter-Agency Committee (NEP-IAC) submitted the results of its public perception study on nuclear power to the President. 

The Philippines is set to enter into a cooperation agreement with the United States to study the viability of including nuclear power in the country’s energy mix, an official of the Department of Energy (DOE) said Wednesday.