Bataan Nuclear Power Plant: 40 Years of Abandonment and Controversy ⚛️

Presented by ABS-CBN News Documentaries and NXT, Mothballed: The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, 40 Years After is a 2025 documentary by journalist Jeff Canoy, that looks into the only nuclear power plant in Southeast Asia which was completed in the 1980s but was never commissioned. Over the past few years, there has renewed interest in reviving the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in Morong, Bataan as more countries, including the Philippines, expressed interest in nuclear to diversify energy sources and to attain net zero carbon emission.

The feature also heads to Vienna, Austria where stakeholders have gathered at the International Atomic Energy Agency to learn more about nuclear energy and its applications. It also features Zwentendorf — a nuclear power plant in Austria built in the 1970s that also was mothballed and has now been turned into an unlikely tourist destination.

The documentary also looks into Republic Act No. 12305 or the Philippine Nuclear Energy Safety Act, a landmark law newly-signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., as the country looks into nuclear to shift away from coal-dependence for power generation.

The documentary also features anti-nuclear advocates who outline safety concerns to communities and how the protest against the opening of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant has waged on for as long as the facility has been constructed.

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