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View all search resultsThe country is planning to add nuclear power to the national energy mix through a small-scale nuclear power plant, targeted to start operating by 2032, as part of its energy transition to fulfill its net-zero commitment.
It will hold a meeting of related ministers as early as Tuesday to formally decide on the plan, a major development following over seven years of discussions on how to discharge the water used to cool down melted fuel at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Nuclear energy, liquefied coal and coal gas – the latter product being pioneered by state-owned coal miner PT Bukit Asam – are all categorized as “new” but not “renewable” in the draft bill, a copy of which was obtained by The Jakarta Post.
The Philippines has taken a big step towards tapping nuclear power, its energy minister said on Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte created an inter-agency panel to study the adoption of a national nuclear energy policy.
“As a general I also thought of having nuclear power, but President Jokowi is still discussing about prosperity issues. [But the American general] told me, ‘General, don’t ever think about that’. I thought in my mind, maybe only if we have nuclear power will it scare you.”
Tokyo Electric, or Tepco, has collected more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the cooling pipes used to keep fuel cores from melting since the plant was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
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