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Marcos Jr. Explores Restarting Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

By Drooid · Sep 20, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC · How we work

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is exploring revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.
Noel Germano oversees the mothballed plant with a team of seven engineers.
The plant’s single reactor, completed in 1984, was designed for 621 megawatts but never operated.
Staff manually turn thousands of analog dials and switches at the fenced 800-acre site near Morong.

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Story summary

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is exploring revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.
Noel Germano oversees the mothballed plant with a team of seven engineers.
The plant’s single reactor, completed in 1984, was designed for 621 megawatts but never operated.
Staff manually turn thousands of analog dials and switches at the fenced 800-acre site near Morong.