'Floating' nuclear plants can help PH meet energy needs: envoy

Manila - Philippine envoy said modular nuclear power plants can help the Philippines meet their energy needs as they reassess their power supply.

Zenida Angara Collinson, the permanent representative of the Philippines to the United Nations in Vienna, is one of the 42 ambassadors who visit the facilities of the Russian National Atomic Energy Agency Rosatom St. Petersburg.

In a statement from the ABS - CBN, Corinthon office said, "Since the Philippines is made up of many islands, we may become an archipelago and the floating nuclear power plant is the answer to the development and industrialization of the Philippine remote island It may be. "

"We are actively studying the whole energy structure and if we are dealing with safety issues properly we will consider incorporating nuclear power into our energy mix," she said.

After President Rodrigo Duterte met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Philippine Department of Energy and Russian National Nuclear Authority or ROSATOM agreed to cooperate in nuclear energy development in May.

Russian Philippine Ambassador Carlos Sorreta said in July, "It seems likely" that the Philippines will use some form of nuclear technology during the six-year term of Duterte to ABS-CBN News.

Currently 444 nuclear power plants make up about 11% of world energy (11). The study showed that the nuclear power sector must be expanded to approximately 14,500 power plants to meet current and future energy needs. Uranium is fuel for nuclear reactors, it is energy-intensive for mining, and future found mineral deposits may be more difficult to obtain. As a result, the majority of net energy generated is offset by the energy input required to build and abolish the plant, and to mining and process the uranium mine. The same can be said for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from coal to nuclear power (12).

Nuclear power is considered to be one of the important energy sources with great potential. Because nuclear power plants emit low levels of greenhouse gases, energy is considered environmentally friendly. Utilizing the fission reaction, the power plant generates a large amount of electricity from uranium. Nuclear energy has various advantages, but there are concerns about disposal of radioactive waste and harmful emissions from nuclear power plants. Nuclear power stations have less greenhouse gas emissions from electricity emissions than electricity emitted from power plants and other traditional power sources. Nuclear power generation does not lead to emission of methane or carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas that causes global warming. With this in mind, damage to the environment by nuclear energy is considered to be minimal.

Nuclear power is the world's largest non-emission energy source. Nuclear power plants do not produce controlled air pollutants such as sulfur, particulate matter, greenhouse gases, etc. "Renewable energy" such as sun, wind power, biomass etc. is useful. However, nuclear power alone can supply clean and environmentally friendly energy on a large scale. Using nuclear energy instead of other energy sources keeps the air clean, protects the Earth's climate, avoids ozone formation on the ground level, and helps to prevent acid rain. "Currently in the United States there are 103 commercial nuclear power plants in 64 locations in 31 provinces, the average age is 24 years old.