As the government’s search for reliable, safe and affordable power continues, the Department of Energy (DOE) has taken a technology-neutral stand on possible solutions to the country’s growing demand for energy and 100 percent electrification in line with the Duterte administration’s “Ambisyon 2040” vision of a fully-developed Philippines.

One of the possible alternatives to fossil fuel is nuclear energy, which was the subject of the “Nuclear Energy Forum” held by the University of the Philippines Engineering Center, Engineering Research and Development for Technology (ERDT) and the UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation Inc. at the Novotel Manila Hotel in Quezon City last August 22.