Is the Philippines ready for Nuclear Power?

[Benji_DCP]

This makes an interesting read. A Philippine senate research paper on Nuclear Energy:
http://www.senate.gov.ph/publication...e%20Future.pdf

[Lucius]

Uhhhh simple gas and energy problems di na kaya what more nuclear power. They (senate people) could use it though to kill themselves

[ghosthunter]

There is also the problem of E10 gasoline destroying/damaging engines.

-the general lack of information dissemination on which vehicles can use E10
-the lack of choice (of non-E10 gasoline) when the law comes to full effect in 2010

[OldSchoolHack]

Think of the waste from a nuclear power plant -

Waste water from heat exchange units, excess heat thrown into a nearby body of water (cheaper way to cool it) raising temperatures in the area up to 5 degrees effectively destroying the aquatic ecosystem, radioactive waste from the reactor itself, highly stable gases from the cooling tower (look white clean smoke! clean? yeah....like noble gases...), etc.....

Some nuclear plants maintain waste containment units years after these came out from a nuclear plant.

And the BNPP is supposed to be entombed after 30 or so years of operation with (if I remember the tech sheets they gave decades ago) at least 10 meters of concrete. It's old technology which should not even be considered anymore.

I just wonder how many qualified nuclear engineers we actually have to run such a plant.

[marg]

With the way those knucklehead people operated those Dams during the last Ondoy, you think I'd trust them with Nuclear Power?

No way, Jose!

[testament11]

as an electrical engineer na minsan nasa topic namin yan, my answer will be NO.

first, ang bataan nuclear power plant, chop chop na ang mga components niya. last may, i was there at masasabi ko, napabayaan na. secondly, eh kagaya ng sabi ni sir old, lumang technology na yan. remember na tinayo yan nung time ni marcos at hindi lang napa-operate gawa nang may nakita silang possible leak na pwede maapektuhan ang surroundings niya. also remember the kansas incident na nag-leak ang kanilang nuclear plant, ayaw ng mga tao na maulit pa yun. lastly, ang mga taong nagpapatakbo or involved diyan are not capable. why? kurakot muna bago patakbuhin. pilipinas ito, alam naman natin lahat na kada action na gagawin, may protesta agad. so hindi talaga tayo uusad kung ganyan ang attitude natin.

at kung sakali man, dismantle na ang bataan. kelangan ng bagong site para sa nuclear power plant kung magkaganun.

[sgt_taga]

I think we are ready for nuclear power, or any type of power for that matter. BUT we're never gonna be ready for a nuclear disaster. :-) No one will.

[jonski]

Atleast yung nuclear waste ay pwede natin ibaon sa isang island na walang tao... yung conventional energy source naman ngayon pero ay nalalanghap natin araw-araw kaya parang itinatapon sa mga baga natin.

[Tailhook]

When we eventually have power outages and rotating brownouts due to lack of power plants, i think that we will give nuclear power a second hard look. dahil sa impending power supply/generation problems in our country, the arroyos and their cronies are already positioning themselves to take advantage of this situation - if you havent noticed already.

[oliver1013]

Wala di pa pwede bopols mga tao sa gobyerno, bopols din yung ilalagay diyan kaya wag na. Election automation lang puro sablay na nababalitaan natin, Nuclear power pa.