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PNRI CHIEF ASKS PUBLIC TO SUPPORT PBBM ADMIN’S NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TO CUT POWER COST

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  Dateline Kamuning:  A nuclear expert called on the public to support the Marcos administration’s plan to adopt nuclear technology for power generation to cut down the increasing energy costs in the Philippines. Speaking before a media forum in Quezon City, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) Director Carlos Arcilla stressed the need to lower the cost of electricity to attract more investors, boost economic activity, and reduce the burden of consumers in the country. “Kaya kailangan nang ibaba ang presyo ng kuryente, sobrang pahirap sa masa; sana tulungan natin ang president. Ang problema kasi, may mga ayaw yata ng nuclear kasi may mga negosyo silang maaapektuhan,” Arcilla said. Arcilla cited the Krško Nuclear Plant in Slovenia, saying the European country’s cost of power generation is one-tenth that of the Philippines. South Korea, which operates 24 nuclear power plants, produces electricity half the cost of power generation in the Philippines, Arcilla not...