The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute on Monday said that red or yellow alerts due to low power reserves would not happen if nuclear energy is added to the Philippines' power mix.
The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute on Monday said that red or yellow alerts due to low power reserves would not happen if nuclear energy is added to the Philippines' power mix.“If the electricity mix contains substantial nuclear, that won’t happen. Because the capacity factor of nuclear is 90%. It doesn’t depend on the weather,” PNRI Director Dr. Carlo Arcilla told reporters in an ambush interview on the sidelines of a talk on nuclear energy at the institute.
Asked about safety, Arcilla replied, “There have only been two accidents known: Chernobyl, which was done because it was an experiment, an illegal experiment, and then Fukushima. In Fukushima, the plant was not destroyed by the earthquake. It was destroyed because the cooling system was put below the basement. So binaha ‘yung cooling system ng tsunami .
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