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Philippines / Mothballed Bataan Nuclear Station ‘Could Be Made Safe For Use’

By David Dalton
21 October 2022

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Mothballed Bataan Nuclear Station ‘Could Be Made Safe For Use’
A Westinghouse light-water reactor unit at Bataan was completed in 1984, but never fuelled or commissioned. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
The Bataan nuclear power station can be upgraded and made safe for use, the chief of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) said, amid talks to about reviving the mothballed facility as a new source of power.

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