Nuclear power prospects in the Philippines

A report on nuclear power prospects in the Philippines, recently published by IAEA, analyzes the prospects for installing late in the 1960's a relatively large nuclear power plant in the electric power grid which serves a major part of the Island of Luzon. It concludes that such a plant might be economically competitive over its lifetime with a conventional power plant of the same size. Accordingly, the report recommends steps which the Philippine authorities might take if they wish to pursue the matter further.