The government’s National Power Corp (Napocor) announced that Korea Electric Power Corp (Kepco) and a French firm expressed interest in building a 600 MW nuclear power plant for the Philippine government in Bataan. Kepco recently submitted their findings on the feasibility of rehabilitating the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) from its moth-balled state.
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Early this month it was reported that the government’s Natl’ Power Corp (Napocor) was finally reviewing the proposal of Kepco for the rehabilitation of the controversial Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). It was estimated to cost about $1 Billion to rehabilitate the moth-balled power plant and make it running again.
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National Power Corp (Napocor) president Froilan Tampinco said that they deem one of their most important thrust is to develop nuclear energy to ensure the energy security of the country. But they said further that they will pursue only this once the government mandates it via legislation.

In line with this is their decision to recommend the recommissioning of the controversial Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) that has received much flack from different sectors when a bill was introduced in Congress by representative Mark Cojuangco to fund its recommissioning.
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Pangasinan Rep. Mark Cojuangco, author of the bill which aims to revive the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), said that he learned from Monsignor Michael Banach, a Vatican represtantive, that the pope is in favor of using nuclear energy. Banach represents the Vatican in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Cong. Cojuangco recently met up with him in China, during a conference, to get Pope Benedict’s stand on nuclear energy use. He found out that the Catholic Church supports the development of nuclear technology for medicine as well as for power generation.
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Oppositionists to the revival moves of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant just said that last Tuesday’s earthquake that occurred near the BNPP is proof that the area is unsafe to operate an Nuclear Power Plant in. That’s because of the natural geological hazards. They have long pointed out that the BNPP is located near a fault line and surrounded by some active volcanoes that make its location prone to earthquakes.
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Revival talks on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) seemed to have simmered down a bit. Maybe its because of the Easter holidays that have not only the legislative branches of the Philippines, but rather the entire country, put in holiday mode. One of the main opponents of the controversial bill to revive the power plant, the very powerful Catholic Church, seemed to also have been hampered down with the “busy”ness of the season.

During this off season of Lent, I took a chance to look at the devastation wrought about by the disaster of the Nuclear Plant in Chernobyl. A Flickr Search on Chernobyl brought these very graphic images. Who knows?, maybe all those who oppose and are for the BNPP could benefit from looking at these images.