FromTheArchives: Calls to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, a controversial project associated with the corruption-ridden Martial Law period, have been gathering force even before Bongbong Marcos Jr. assumed the presidency. | via philstarlife
As Ferdinand"Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. assumes the presidency, calls to revive the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, a controversial symbol associated with the corruption-ridden Martial Law period, are again gaining ground. What will it take for this recurring call to become a reality?But when the oil crisis happened in 1973, the Ferdinand Marcos Sr. administration decided to address this problem by building a nuclear power plant.
By 1986, the BNPP was near completion and ready for commercial operations when the Marcos administration was overthrown after the historical EDSA People Power Revolution, which propelled Corazon “Cory” Aquino, the wife of the late opposition senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, as the president.Around that time, a massive nuclear disaster—which is said to be the worst in history both in cost and casualties—happened when the No.
In 2021, the Supreme Court held Disini—who passed away in 2014—liable for brokering the awarding of the BNPP to Westinghouse using his close association with Marcos Sr. Marcos Jr. said aside from potential investments, he also sought “guidance in nuclear energy production in preparation for our country's post pandemic industrialization plans” from South Korean Ambassador Kim In-chul.“The South Koreans made an offer in 2017 to rehabilitate BNPP. They are very credible because they have the same exact model,” PNRI’s Arcilla said. “The good thing is the South Korean ambassador talked to President-elect Bongbong Marcos.
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