March 12, 2022 - The Department of Energy (DOE) said on Wednesday that it has received word from the Office of the President that President Rodrigo Duterte is due to sign an executive order supporting nuclear power development.
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.
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"We
have the NEP-IAC composed of 17 agencies that made a study on the
infrastructure, and researched very well on every aspect that is needed on
putting on every nuclear power. [We] submitted [our findings] in 2020, and we
heard that this might be favorably endorsed through an executive order,"
DOE Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza said during an online briefing on Wednesday.
Environment groups have
long criticized nuclear power, citing its harmful effects to human life and the
environment if such projects are not built or managed properly. /
Philippine Star
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