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Thursday, July 30, 2020

President Sets Up Committee To Study Nuclear Energy :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency

President Sets Up Committee To Study Nuclear Energy :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency: The Philippines has taken a step towards introducing nuclear power, its energy minister said on Wednesday, after president Rodrigo Duterte created an inter-agency committee to study the adoption of a national nuclear energy policy.



In a July 24 executive order made public on Wednesday, Mr Duterte created a committee to conduct the study, indicating openness to reviving the country’s nuclear energy ambitions.



As power demand soars in what has for years been among the world’s fastest-growing economies, energy minister Alfonso Cusi has been advocating the use of nuclear power.

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