IN an apparent bid to help the Philippines accelerate the inclusion of nuclear energy into its energy program, a number of foreign experts are converging in Manila in the next few days to explore various ways of 'advancing regional cooperation for energy security and economic recovery in the march to decarbonization.'

Billed as the Nuclear Power Forum in Asia, the forum gets under way on September 13-15 at the Bellevue Hotel in Alabang, with international experts from India, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea, Cambodia, the Philippines, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the World Nuclear Association, the World Association of Nuclear Operators, and the Asean Center for Energy participating.