Meralco to charge higher rates in December

**ghosthunter** · December 13th, 2013 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by vinj

Before, i asked a power plant manager on his take on BNPP. He said that in his opinion, it is safe to operate. His big question was how it will be managed and maintained by those who run it.

I wonder though how Anvaya Cove/Ayala will take having a nuclear power plant in their vicinity, if BNPP was ever operated (it's around 20kms away by road per google maps). I read before that they offer tours of the place, i'm curious to pass by during one of my drives. That place has nice driving roads.

You should take the opportunity to go on the BNPP tours. I went there back when I was in college as part of our engineering fieldtrips. The BNPP was impressive. And there are places around the BNPP where you can have a quiet picnic.

**vinj** · December 13th, 2013 11:38 AM

^ Just checked on google and they still give the tours.

**badkuk** · December 13th, 2013 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by usong725

based on wiki, as early as 1958 meron na tayo "Philippine Nuclear Research Institute". So i dont incompetent tayo sa nuclear technology.

ic sir..but in terms of actually running one, wala pa ata ?

re safety due to earthquake at typhoons, since 1980s yan na ang reasoning ng mga tao kaya ayaw pabuksan. after 30 years may nangyari na ba sa mga kinakatakutan nila na yun? 30+ years ang sinayang dahil sa mga pangambang walang basehan

Worry ko kasi, parang nag iiba na weather patterns ngayon. Is any location really typhoon free?

about fukushima, hindi naman yung earthquake ang reason bakit nagkaroon ng meltdown. Kundi dahil sa tsunami. Tapos mas bagong model pa yung nasa Bataan. Yung mga operational sa ibang bansa ay older models. Kaya parang malabo yung mga kinakatakutan ng mga experts kuno.

afaik, power went out at Fukushima, and the backup diesel generators for pumping water to cool the reactors kicked in. But the diesel generators weren't placed high enough(but bec. of the sheer size of the tsunami), so it got flooded when the tsunami hit.

i agree, certain design tweaks can make one plant safer than the other. CNN pointed out a certain US nuclear plant in the US were the water is "gravity driven" -- i.e. me falls/river/etc that flows down to the reactors -- so power or no power, safe siya.

pwede kayang private company ang mag operate nalang nito?

Kung matuloy man, gusto ko rin private company. i have Zero faith on our government to manage something like this.

**kinyo** · December 13th, 2013 03:35 PM

kaya ng pinoy i-operate yang nuclear plant ... training lang ang katapat

kung matuloy man buksan, kahit hindi man bumaba singil sa kuryente, magkaroon naman tayo ng reliable power at makatulong sa ekonomiya

**vinj** · December 13th, 2013 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by badkuk

Kung matuloy man, gusto ko rin private company. i have Zero faith on our government to manage something like this.

Kaya ng Pinoy yan.

We can even get the same company who runs this famous powerplant as advisors.

**Retz** · December 13th, 2013 05:24 PM

^

malabo mangyari yan sir. alam mo naman tayo conservative pa pagdating sa ganyan. madaming mga environmental advocates ang tutol dyan.

**iceblueyes** · December 13th, 2013 07:15 PM

malabo, maski private or public mag run. It would be a big-big project and pag private ka, you have to deal with meralco, kasama na dyan mga ibang power providers magkasabwat mga yan e. Siyempre may sawsaw din government.
And of course the people behind the scenes of each of those.
Not to mention where you get and how you dispose the fuel of the reactor.
End result is sure disgrasya, meltdown.

Walang pagasa Pilipinas, theres more Stupids pulling you down then Smarts pushing you up