Saturday, November 23, 2013

Bataan Philippines Nuclear Power Plant

Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant. It is completed 1979 but never been fueled.



It is located 100 km west of Manila Philippines. This plant has not commission due to some issues such: 

1) It was build just near major earth quake fault line and close to Mount Pinatubo

2) Lots of defects revealed (4000 defects exist) 

The cost to build up reached $US2.3 billion. The Bataan Nuclear Power is designed to generate 621 MW of electricity.