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Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
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Nuclear power plant in the Philippines
The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is a nuclear power plant on the Bataan Peninsula, kilometers (62&#;mi) west of Manila, Philippines.
Completed but never fueled, it is located on a &#;km2 (&#;sq&#;mi) government reservation at Napot Point in Barangay Nagbalayong, Morong, Bataan. It was the Philippines' only attempt at building a nuclear power plant.
It was mothballed due to safety concerns in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in [1][2][3][4] and issues regarding corruption.[5][6][7]
Background
In , the Philippine nuclear program started with the creation of the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).[8] In July , under a regime of martial law, Philippine Presid