‘Far-fetched option’: Mayor Isko says PH should refrain from using nuclear power ‘for now’ (Sabong News)
Author
Jaleen Ramos
Date
MARCH 06 2022
TABUK, Kalinga — Presidential candidate and Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, on Saturday, March 5, said the country should not invest in nuclear power ‘for now’, and should instead develop more alternative energy sources.
“Yes, kasi far-fetched pa ‘yun eh kasi meron pang available way. ‘Yun ang tingin ko dapat natin pagtuunan ng pansin (Yes, because it is still far-fetched, because there is another way available. That’s what I think we should focus on),” he said in an ambush interview here.
He said the country should avoid using nuclear power for now as there are other available sources of energy.
“So gamitin muna natin ‘yung (let’s just use the) available technology na mas (that are) safe, renewable, and sustainable,” he said.
“One, ‘yung the regular one is the coal or mga fossil fuel. But also, there are technologies nowadays na pwede nating magamit (that we can use). Whether it is hydro, geothermal, and sun, solar, and so on and so forth. Whether it is hydro, geothermal, and sun, solar, and so on and so forth,“ he said.
Domagoso also said he is planning to transform the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) like the Silicon Valley in the United States.
“Yung nuclear power plant sa Bataan, gagawin ko siyang Silicon Valley. Kasi, sayang naman, pag-aari ng gobyerno (The nuclear power plant in Bataan, I will make it like Silicon Valley. Because it belongs to the government). Let’s make use of it but not for creating power sources via nuclear, ” he said.
President Duterte had earlier signed an executive order that would establish a nuclear energy program for the Philippines which aims to support the country’s growing power demands.
