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Marcos revives push for nuclear energy program
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Fusion42 · 27 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Philippine President Marcos Jr. revived the push for nuclear energy development in his State of the Nation Address, citing energy security and rising electricity costs as drivers for revisiting the country's nuclear programme.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Clean Energy, and 2 sources have reported it.
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If you build components for nuclear plants - cooling systems, instrumentation, power electronics - the Philippines just moved from a closed market to an open one. The Bataan plant sits mothballed; whoever moves first to bid on its restart or replacement will own the supply chain.
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