Ian lang ' yung nuclear plant sa buong mundo na p'wede ka mag-selfie doon sa loob ng reactor. In fact, I am inviting you to go there. That is the only nuclear plant in the world where you can take a selfie inside the reactor.
He added that Imee Marcos had never visited the plant at all. Cojuangco has advocated for the use of nuclear power and the revival of the BNPP. In Executive Order No. The first and only nuclear power plant in the Philippines, the BNPP never operated due to safety concerns and issues of corruption and cronyism under the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Four years after Marcos declared Martial law , the construction of the megawatt BNPP began in , in response to the s energy crisis.
Despite the recommendations of the three-man commission, Marcos still ordered the resumption of the construction of the gigantic infrastructure in January , with a renegotiated contract with Westinghouse -- supposedly incorporating more than regulatory safety requirements.
The blast instantly killed two persons, while at least 28 others died from acute radiation exposure in the course of three months. In a joint news release , the United Nations and World Health Organization predicted more than 4, more deaths from exposure to radiation. The Philippine government continues to pay some P40 to 50 million a year for its maintenance. In , the BNPP became a tourist attraction.
Marcos and his confidants were reported to have pocketed millions of dollars from the Westinghouse and Burns and Roe contract brokered by crony businessman Herminio Disini. General Electric, which was already in talks with Napocor before the former manufacturing company came into picture, had a cheaper counterpart offer. Disini allegedly received millions in kickbacks from Westinghouse Electric Co. After the ouster of Marcos in , the Philippine government pursued a case against Westinghouse and Burns and Roe for bribery and overpricing, but lost as a United States court dismissed the suit.
In , the Supreme Court affirmed that the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan has jurisdiction to litigate cases against Disini on the Bataan plant. Nearly 32 years since the BNPP was completed, the Filipinos finished paying the loans and interests in The government has paid a total of P During the Oct. Nonetheless, the totality of the testimonial and documentary evidence of the government proved that Disini had unduly enriched himself at the expense of the people and the Republic.
The SC modified the decision of the anti-graft court, deleting the order to account for and convey the USD50,, received by Disini for lack of basis and instead directed Disini to pay damages. Copyright Philippine News Agency. Privacy Policy Terms of Use. Toggle navigation GOV.
Because of this problem and the proximity to active faults, seismologist are proposing to set up more sensors to do testing before reconsidering opening the BNPP to electric generation. The author grants permission to copy, distribute and display this work in unaltered form, with attribution to the author, for noncommercial purposes only.
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