ShareThisCALOOAN CITY — A Catholic bishop has appealed to abandon plans to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant following a nuclear emergency declared in earthquake-hit Japan.
Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez said Japan’s situation should serve as an ample warning to the Philippine government to totally give up plans to resurrect the BNPP.
“What is happening in Japan confirmed our fear even before up to now that’s why we oppose plans to revive the nuclear plant in Bataan,” Iñiguez said.
He said the BNPP would not benefit the country and could instead expose the Filipinos to unnecessary dangers.
He said its consequence, especially as proven by the Japanese experience, are certainly not worth its supposed benefits.
“They should intently follow what is happening in Japan on its results if nuclear malfunction occurs,” Iñiguez said.