Nuclear power in the Philippines

[7] In December 2020, a group of experts from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was invited by the Philippine government to review the country's nuclear infrastructure.

[9][10] The weak electrical grid connections between the over 1,000 inhabited islands of the Philippine archipelago presents a challenge to a nuclear policy.

[11] Under a regime of martial law, President Ferdinand Marcos in July 1973 announced the decision to build a nuclear power plant.

Following the 1979 Three Mile Island accident in the United States, construction on the BNPP was stopped, and a safety inquiry into the plant revealed over 4,000 defects, not confirmed.

[18] The Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines, No to BNPP Revival, and Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (AGHAM), and the Freedom from Debt Coalition opposed the bill, saying that the nuclear plant was defective and dangerous and harbored technical flaw.

Executive Order No. 164, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in February 2022 included nuclear power in the country's energy mix.