Should we consider powering up the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant?

[ghosthunter]

Should the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant be powered up?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Nuclear_Power_Plant

http://www.energybulletin.net/866.html

http://www.metts.com.au/bataan-nuclear-ps.html

[uls]

i don't know what condition that nuclear plant is in but i bet it's in bad shape.
(mothballed for years, left to deteriorate)

So it would take years and millions of dollars to get it up to operational condition.

Don't know if the govt has the budget for it...

And the environmentalists will be opposing it...

[Memphis Raines]

When it comes to alternative power I'm always optimistic, so yeah, why not.

Safety issues? Hhmm, let's try placing Bayani Fernando at the helm.

Pink Power anyone?




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[1D4LV]

i would agree to it. nuclear is a source of "alternative" power.
just have it fixed. it can't be opened in its current state.
and embed the "safety first" mindset to its operators. di pwedeng careless careless dyan.

[flex]

hell no! no offense but some Pinoys have this 'devil may care' attitude.

yan ang nakakatakot...this is nuclear we're talking about. I dont want a Chernobyl type of incident to happen here.

also, how can we secure a facility like this from terrorists when in fact we could not even properly secure our prisons.

[safeorigin]

with internation fuel prices going double by 2010, nuclear energy might be an option for the country. besides, never heard of a nuclear fallout within this era with advancing reactor coolants eg. liquified sodium ion. even remote towns in alaska has its own nuclear reactor. japan will have its own micro reactors on every block. though the public image on nuclear power is still negative, the current developments have increased safety exponentially.

[ghosthunter]

I dont want a Chernobyl type of incident to happen here.

The BNPP is using an american design reactor vessel in where the reaction is moderated by it's casing design and not by water. The fuel rod design keeps the nuclear fuel from reaching critical by virtue of it's shape.

The russian chernobyl reactor depended on water to keep the reaction in control. If water goes below a certain level and not restored quickly, the reaction turns the water into high pressure steam and fuel itself turns critical very quickly which was part of the reason why the russian design is unsafe and not used outside of soviet controlled countries.

[boybi]

i don't know what condition that nuclear plant is in but i bet it's in bad shape.
(mothballed for years, left to deteriorate)

So it would take years and millions of dollars to get it up to operational condition.

Don't know if the govt has the budget for it...

And the environmentalists will be opposing it...

Use the billions of pesos that the gov't is giving to the poor (P500.00* ?) as power subsidy to rehabilitate the nuclear plant.

[CVT]

In this time and age,- we should be engaging alternative sources of power.

Nuclear is definitely one of the most viable sources. It's just like electricity during its early stages,- we just need to understand and know how to tame it, and enforce procedures to effect reliable and solid checks and controls....

6220:foryou:

[uls]

Use the billions of pesos that the gov't is giving to the poor (P500.00* ?) as power subsidy to rehabilitate the nuclear plant.

Ya but GMA gets more political mileage by giving away cash

[Satio]

http://www.un-documents.net/ocf-07.htm

57. Following Chernobyl, there were significant changes in the nuclear stance of certain governments. Several - notably China, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Japan, Poland, United Kingdom, United States, and the USSR - have maintained or reaffirmed their pro-nuclear policy. Others with a 'no nuclear' or a 'phase-out' policy (Australia, Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden - and Ireland with an unofficial anti-nuclear position) have been joined by Greece and the Philippines. Meanwhile, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia are re-investigating nuclear safety and/or the anti-nuclear arguments, or have introduced legislation tying any further growth of nuclear energy and export/import of nuclear reactor technology to a satisfactory solution of the problem of disposal of radioactive wastes. Several countries have been concerned enough to conduct referenda to test public opinion regarding nuclear power.

Philippines joined Anti-nuclear position according to this document.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear...he_Philippines

In the Philippines, in 2004, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo outlined her energy policy. It included plans to convert the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant,one of their two reactors, into a gas powered facility.

Planong na pako na naman..

[safeorigin]

ah, so that is what is all about meralco's sister company is all about (refering to the gas corp, featured in the news). i hate lopezes even more now