Anti-nuclear movement in the Philippines

[1] A focal point for protests in the late 1970s and 1980s was the proposed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), which was built by ousted President Ferdinand Marcos but never operated.

The NFPC was formed by Senator Lorenzo M. Tañada, considered the father of the anti-nuclear movement in the Philippines, to stop the opening of the power plant, which it succeeded in pursuing.

[4][5][6] The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) has been described in the media as a white elephant,[7][8] an expensive lemon,[9] and a monument to greed, corruption, and folly.

[10][11] On January 26, 1981, Senator Tañada and a global coalition representing school teachers, farmers, students, health professionals, technocrats, political leaders, scientists and researchers, and human rights advocates formed the NFPC.

Then on June 13, 1984, a burning effigy of Uncle Sam, a symbol of U.S. oppression, was put on display in front of the embassy as increasing tensions manifested over the course of the year.

On June 18, 1985, a three-day protest called Welgang Bayan Laban sa Plantang Nuklear or in English, "The People's Strike" was held in Balanga, Bataan, the provincial capital.

[13] By April 1986, as a result of the protests, President Corazon Aquino, after ousting Marcos, called for the closure of the Bataan power plant.

The NFPC continues to serve as the national center for addressing anti-nuclear, anti-imperialist, and foreign base conversion issues.