By Christina Mendez (The
Philippine Star) | Updated November 3, 2016 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines – Not on my watch.
President Duterte does not see the country having a nuclear power plant anytime
within his six-year term.
He said the Philippines can still
cope with its energy supply despite daily power outages in some areas in the
Visayas and Mindanao.
“We’re not yet in the danger zone
that we will die if there’s no energy because it runs the machines. But we are
not in that danger,” he said.
Duterte said the nuclear power plant
may be built someday after his presidency.
“Not right now because we have to
come up with safeguards. Really, really tight safeguards to ensure that there
will be no disasters if there is a nuclear leak or explosion somewhere in the
nuclear reactors that we will build.”
Duterte said Congress and the
Filipino people must study the matter carefully.
“For after all, if there would be
leaks, we will all be leaked and it’s our country, remember that,” he said.
Members of Congress visited earlier
the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant to assess if the 40-year-old mothballed plant
can still be tapped in case the government would shift to nuclear energy.
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