Pres. Marcos pushes nuclear energy partnership with US

by Catherine S. Valente

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, August 9 renewed push for nuclear energy partnership with the United States as the Philippines moves "to increase the number of power sources lean towards clean energy."

In his remarks during his meeting with the U.S.Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Business Council in Malacañang, Marcos called for the enhanced Philippine and U.S. economic engagement to boost twoway trade and investment, especially in critical sectors such as infrastructure, agriculture, and clean energy, including nuclear energy.

"All efforts to increase the number of power sources lean towards clean energy. That being the case, I am interested in the potential of nuclear energy, especially in light of new technologies and innovations that allow the use of smaller scale, modular, nuclear reactors, and other advanced [reactors] technologies that we see as being safer and more efficient than the more traditional designs of nuclear power production," he said.