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Benise Balaoing

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172828495652620160916-bataan-nuclear-JC-2.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">A drainage pipe leading outside of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></span>MANILA -- South Korea will fund a feasibility study that will see if the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant can be revived. </div><p>In a statement, the Department of Energy (DOE) said the study will have two phases: the first will assess the current condition of the BNPP and its components, while the second phase will see whether or not the plant can be refurbished.</p><p>If the first phase shows that proceeding to the next phase is not advisable, the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) may recommend alternatives, including the construction of a conventional plant or the development of a small modular reactor.</p><p>&quot;These alternatives will be presented as viable paths forward, offering flexibility in advancing the country&#x27;s nuclear energy agenda, based on the results of the initial phase,&quot; the DOE said.</p><p>The study will start in January 2025.  <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">The memorandum of understanding between the DOE and KHNP for the feasibility study was signed in Malacanang in the presence of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol</span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"></span>Shortly after the 2022 elections, Marcos said he was looking into reviving the mothballed nuclear power plant built during his late father&#x27;s dictatorship.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/23/22/marcos-mulls-bataan-nuclear-plant-revival" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcos reviewing South Korea recommendations on nuclear plant revival</a></div><p>The DOE said the Philippines wants to integate nuclear energy into its energy mix. The Philippines aims to have its first nuclear power plants operational by 2032, with an initial capacity of 1,200 MW. This will then expand to 2,400 MW by 2035, and reach 4,800 MW by 2050.</p><div><strong>RELATED STORY:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZkKdp7hRUgg?&amp;ab_channel=ABS-CBNNewsautoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>South Korea will fund a feasibility study that will see if the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant can be revived. </p>

South Korea will fund a feasibility study that will see if the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant can be revived.

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Korea to fund feasibility study of Bataan nuke plant revival: DOE

Benise Balaoing,

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Published October 07, 2024 03:29 PM PHT

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Updated October 07, 2024 04:17 PM PHT

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