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Rep. Kimi Cojuangco of the fifth district of Pangasinan called on the country's leaders to have a new look at nuclear power plants in the face of the current power crisis gripping Mindanao and some parts of the Visayas and the looming
power crisis in Luzon.
Speaking to newsmen when she joined the celebration of the 432nd foundation day of Pangasinan here Wednesday, Cojuangco said only the putting up of a nuclear power plant could ensure sufficient power for the whole country for use of home and industries.
She admitted that when she first came to Congress in 2010, she refiled the bill seeking the revival of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), picking this up from her husband, former Rep. Mark Cojuangco, whom she replaced after serving for three consecutive terms.
"I refiled the BNPP bill. Ipinagpatuloy ko talaga (I really continued it)," said Rep. Cojuangco, admitting that she only stopped when she declared a moratorium to her advocacy when a big tsunami occurred in Northern Japan, that affected the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
She said Japan and other countries found out that despite that big tsunami that occurred in Japan, not even one person died as result of the melt down of the Fukushima nuclear power plant but all from the tsunami.
In fact even after the Fukushima incident, countries like Taiwan, China, Vietnam and South Korea are ordering the new nuclear plants-- new generation type.
Even United Arab Emirates was also putting up its nuclear power plant although already producing oil, which it used to generate its own power requirements, she added.
"I believe that if we will not join the nuclear plant age, we will never have a chance to progress and will remain a third world country," Rep. Cojuangco said.
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