PH on Nuke Tech: Are we ready?

The Manila Times

The Philippines needs to start developing its nuclear workforce years before a nuclear power plant becomes operational, according to Engr. Mark Gio Aliperio, project leader of the Nuclear Power Plant Simulator (NuSIM).  In an interview with The Manila Times during the 5th Science and Technology Fellows Convention on Wednesday, Aliperio said that workforce development for a nuclear energy program should begin at least nine years before plant operations, based on practices in other countries. NuSIM, he said, is a nuclear power plant simulator designed to complement classroom instruction by giving students and future workers practical experience based on the operation of an actual nuclear power plant.  The simulator can recreate different plant conditions, including normal operations and equipment failures, allowing students and future workers to practice how they would respond.  VIDEO BY DAN MADRAZO  Check out our Streaming Channel: https://streaming.manilatimes.net/  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews #Nuclear #Philippines

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00:00So, ngayon, marami tayong nakikita naman talaga ang stigma on nuclear.

00:05Kapag narinig nila yung word ng nuclear, negative agad yung may iisip nila.

00:09So, pag sinabi yung nuclear, naisip nila bombang, or cancer, or radiation, or waste.

00:16So, hindi rin naman natin sila masisisino.

00:19Pero, looking at the numbers, of the data,

00:22the public acceptance for nuclear is actually at 79% as of 2019

00:27based on the public perception survey conducted by the Department of Energy.

00:32I just don't have the exact numbers, pero they conducted a follow-up survey,

00:39if I'm not mistaken, last year,

00:41and tumaas na, nasa around 80% level na yung public acceptance.

00:45So, mataas po yung public acceptance natin on nuclear energy.

00:49Ang isang reason bakit nakikita namin na mataas yung acceptance ng public

00:53is because of our prices of electricity.

00:57Sa Southeast Asia, ngayon tayo yung pinakamahal na kuryente together with Singapore.

01:03And, hindi po tayo ganun ka-developed kumpara sa Singapore.

01:06And, putting that into context,

01:10around 10 to 15% of the average Filipino households,

01:14yung income, 10 to 15% of income nila,

01:16napupunta lang sa pagbayang kuryente.

01:19We compare these numbers to countries with nuclear power plants,

01:23nasa less than 1% lang ang minabayaran nilang kuryente.

01:25So, mura yung kuryente sa kanila,

01:27and very affordable sa atin, in our case, hindi.

01:30So, instead na yung binabayad natin sa kuryente,

01:33napupunta sa other needs natin,

01:35like food, shelter, education,

01:38so malaking fraction napupunta lang sa pagbayad ng ating kuryente.

01:42So, yan po yung isang rason na nakikita namin kung bakit mataas yung pag-suporta ng public na yun sa

01:48nuclear energy.

01:49And, yung ginagawa namin sa NUSIM, sa NUSIM project,

01:53is we really want to build the capacity and the capability of our country

01:59so that pagdating ng nuclear sa Pilipinas, may ready na tayong mga tao,

02:04may ready na tayong mga workers and future operators

02:08that can operate our plants safely and efficiently.

02:11So, yan po yung ginagawa namin sa NUSIM project.

02:39What's the birth of our country?

02:41What is that?

02:44What?

02:45What is that?

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