PH needs legal framework on the use nuclear power
[2024-01-31 18:07:15]
Senator Manila Sherwin Gatchalian said Thursday that the government must propose a comprehensive legal framework for the use of nuclear energy before proposing a proposal to increase nuclear energy as an alternative energy source in the Philippines It was.
"Before accurately measuring the true potential of nuclear technology, we need to explore and solve various problems.If the Philippines decides to include nuclear energy in the energy mix, we will use a comprehensive legal framework It is necessary to solve this problem, please develop nuclear power to solve these problems, "said Gatchalian, Chairman of the Senate Energy Commission.
These issues include regulatory body structure and power, authorization, inspection and enforcement, radiation protection, radiation and radioactive materials, safety of nuclear facilities, emergency preparedness and response, transport of radioactive materials, radioactive waste and Spent fuel and the like. Coverage, non-proliferation and physical protection, import and export control, other physical protection
"All the gaps in our nuclear law framework must first be dealt with through comprehensive laws," Gacharian said.
Currently, the Department of Energy is studying the possibility of increasing nuclear power generation for the country's energy mix.
However, the only existing nuclear power agency in the country is the Philippine Atomic Energy Research Institute (PNRI) under the Ministry of Science and Technology (DOST), and its function is developed mainly on research and development of radiation and nuclear power.
In addition to the comprehensive legal framework, Gatchalian also noted that the Philippines is still facing three major international nuclear energy conventions, the Nuclear Safety Convention, the Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Pointed out that it has not ratified the Convention on Physical Protection. Correction
"The powerful domestic framework of nuclear power must also comply with international standards for safety, safety, safeguards and responsibilities," Senator said.
Gatchalian conducted an assessment earlier this month and valued it to obtain a direct overall picture of the latest nuclear technology in several European countries.
He is a member of the delegation headed by Senator Akirino Pimentel 3 of the Deputy Energy Minister Donato Marcos, Chairman of the Philippine Nuclear Energy Execution Organization, and Carlo Alcala of PNRI Director.
The delegation visited the IAEA Legal Department in Vienna, Austria and the Seidersdorf Institute of the IAEA, the Slovenia Nuclear Safety Authority and the Krsko Nuclear Power Station in Slovenia. (Senate Public Information)
The necessary measures begin with the approval of the revision of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Substances (CPPNM). This amendment is legally binding to parties to protect nuclear facilities and raw materials used, stored and transported by peaceful families. The secretary general of the Amano International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said this amendment is an "unfinished main business" and once it gains sufficient approval, it will become an important part of the international legal framework for securing nuclear material Said.
This year's multilateral negotiations on the legally binding prohibition of nuclear weapons states that the global recognition that nuclear ban is an integral part of the normative framework necessary to achieve and maintain a world without nuclear weapons It reflects. For several nuclear problem supervisors, both inside and outside the government, they have a pleasing impact on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regimes that otherwise would not be sleepy. In UN resolution L41, negotiations on the prohibition of new nuclear weapons continued by the majority of the General Assembly in December last year were requested (123 votes opposed, 38 votes opposed, abst