The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant would have been the first nuclear plant built in the Philippines, but construction of the 620-MW facility was halted in 1986 after the ouster of then-President ...

The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, the Philippines and never-completed atomic energy station, sits on a peninsula hours north of Manila, flanked by Subic Bay and Manila Bay. Courtesy of Daniel Obra ...

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MORONG, Bataan — Even before the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 sealed its fate, there were concerns about the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant's design and location.

Plans to reactivate a nuclear power plant near the capital city of the Philippines have been criticized by scientists over its proximity to a potentially active volcano. The Bataan Nuclear Power ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Nuclear-free Bataan Movement on Wednesday opposed the possible rehabilitation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). “Mapanganib ‘yung pagkakatayo at mismong ...

A lawmaker has asked the government to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, which is “just sitting idle for the last four decades,” claiming it can produce cheaper electricity for the country.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Southeast Asia's only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 40 miles from the Philippine capital Manila, was built in the 1970s but left idle due ...

NUCLEAR advocacy group Alpas Pinas on Tuesday called for the revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) in a bid to help the country achieve lower electricity prices. “Help us advocate for ...

AFP reports the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, which has lain dormant since it was completed in 1984 at a cost of $2.3bn, will be opened to tour groups to teach them about nuclear power, said ...

The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant here sits about 45 miles west of the nation’s capital, across Manila Bay, nearly at the tip of a peninsula rich in history and volcanic activity.

The Philippines opens its only nuclear power plant to tourists nearly three decades after it was built, reinvigorating the debate on nuclear power, reports the BBC's Kate McGeown.