THE nation has taken a big step towards tapping nuclear power, its energy minister said, after President Rodrigo Duterte created an inter-agency panel to study the adoption of a national nuclear energy policy.
As power demand soars in what has for years been among the world’s fastest-growing economies, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has been passionately advocating use of nuclear power, despite public concern over safety in a country hit frequently by natural disasters.
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