DOE to propose nuclear, strategic petroleum reserves creation to next admin

This April 2014 file photo shows the DOST-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute in Quezon City. According to its website, the agency is mandated to "undertake research and development activities in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, to institute regulations on the said uses and to carry out the enforcement of said regulations to protect the health and safety of radiation workers and the general public."

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MANILA, Philippines — Days after the 2022 polls, the Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed that it will be suggesting to the new administration to pursue a national nuclear energy program and the establishment of strategic petroleum reserves (SPR), among others, during the next administration. 

"[They]...are part of the inputs of the bureaus for the next administration," DOE spokesperson Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella said in a briefing on Friday, in response to a question on whether the creation of a nuclear energy program as well as SPRs are included in the agency's proposal.

Earlier this year, President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order which establishes the country's nuclear energy program, and that nuclear should account for a part of the country's energy mix, currently dominated by coal. 

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