Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

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The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is a mothballed nuclear power facility in the Philippines, built in the late 1970s and early 1980s but never operated due to safety concerns and political opposition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric power facility ⓘ
nuclear power plant ⓘ
builtDuringPresidencyOf Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ
completionDate 1984 ⓘ
constructionCost approximately 2.3 billion US dollars ⓘ
constructionPeriod early 1980s ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1976 ⓘ
controversy allegations of corruption in contract award ⓘ
allegations of overpricing ⓘ
coolingSource seawater ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
debateTopic possible rehabilitation and commissioning ⓘ
designedBy Westinghouse Electric Corporation ⓘ
designedElectricalCapacity 620 MW ⓘ
approximately 620 megawatts ⓘ
distanceFromManila about 100 kilometers ⓘ
about 62 miles ⓘ
fuelType uranium ⓘ
gridConnectionStatus never connected to the grid ⓘ
gridOperator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines ⓘ
intendedOperator National Power Corporation ⓘ
locatedOn Luzon Island ⓘ
linked to: Luzon
location Morasol, Bagac, Bataan, Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Bagac, Bataan
maintenance maintained in preserved condition ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater South China Sea ⓘ
operationalStatus non-operational ⓘ
owner Government of the Philippines ⓘ
National Power Corporation ⓘ
projectType turnkey project ⓘ
province Bataan ⓘ
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
reactorSupplier Westinghouse Electric Corporation ⓘ
reactorType pressurized water reactor ⓘ
reasonForNonOperation concerns after the 1979 Three Mile Island accident ⓘ
concerns after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
political opposition ⓘ
public opposition ⓘ
safety concerns ⓘ
region Central Luzon ⓘ
regulatoryBody Philippine Nuclear Research Institute ⓘ
safetyAssessment subject of multiple international safety reviews ⓘ
safetyDesignStandard US Nuclear Regulatory Commission standards of the 1970s ⓘ
seismicRisk located near geological fault lines ⓘ
status mothballed ⓘ
never operated ⓘ
symbolOf controversy over nuclear power in the Philippines ⓘ
debate on energy policy in the Philippines ⓘ
tourism open for guided tours ⓘ
volcanicRisk located near Mount Natib ⓘ

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Bataan → hasPowerPlant → Bataan Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
Morong, Bataan → hasEcoTourismSite → Bataan Nuclear Power Plant viewing area ⓘ
subject linked to: Morong
linked to: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant