Nuclear plant gets funds
By Amy R. Remo
State-run National Power Corp. has secured lawmakers’ nod to allocate P50 million this year for the upkeep of the mothballed 630-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP).
State-run National Power Corp. has secured lawmakers’ nod to allocate P50 million this year for the upkeep of the mothballed 630-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP).
Energy Secretary Jose Rene D. Almendras has junked proposals to use the site of the mothballed 630-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant for the planned 600-MW coal-fired power facility of Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. (RP Energy).
The government is not content with the $50 million that businessman Herminio Disini has been ordered to repay the government for his role in defrauding the country of billions of pesos through the corrupt-ridden Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) deal.
The Philippine government has started a quick evaluation of the mothballed 620-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) to determine how best to convert the facility, according to Energy Secretary Jose Rene D. Almendras.
