The Philippines’ largest electricity distributor has said it is in talks with the United States about possibly using small modular reactors.
The head of the privately owned Manila Electric Company, or Meralco, said the utility is applying for a grant from the US to conduct a feasibility study for SMRs.
According to press reports in the Southeast Asian country, Meralco said SMRs’ size and reliability make the technology “suitable for an archipelagic topography such as the Philippines”, an archipelago nation of more than 7,000 islands, many with unreliable power supply.
Meralco’s move comes as the country’s president Ferdinand Marcos Jr pushes for alternative sources of energy, including the use of nuclear power.
The head of the privately owned Manila Electric Company, or Meralco, said the utility is applying for a grant from the US to conduct a feasibility study for SMRs.
According to press reports in the Southeast Asian country, Meralco said SMRs’ size and reliability make the technology “suitable for an archipelagic topography such as the Philippines”, an archipelago nation of more than 7,000 islands, many with unreliable power supply.
Meralco’s move comes as the country’s president Ferdinand Marcos Jr pushes for alternative sources of energy, including the use of nuclear power.
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