18th Ministerial Level Meeting

PHILIPPINESCountry Report

Dr. Carlo A. ArcillaDirector
Philippine Nuclear Research InstitutePhilippines is seriously evaluating
Nuclear Power as part of energy mix
In five years, 17% of gas resources fromMalampaya offshore will run out

Philippines is very good with renewables:
No. 2 in world in geothermal
Hydropower
Solar power already in mix

But: one of highest costs in consumer power
In the world

With help of Rosatom and Korea, we are
Looking if built 640 MW Bataan
Nuclear Power Plant can still be rehabilitated
By December 2017, Philippines will have
A Policy Decision wether to consider nuclear
Power in the energy mix.

PHILIPPINES:
Ensuring Ecological Integrity,
Clean and Healthy Environment
From the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022

Environmental Performance Index, EPI (ASEAN-6)
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Over the past decade,
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the country’s EPI ranking
66

dropped↓ from 55th in 2006
to 114th in 2014,80

but recovered↑ to rank 66

114

out of 180 countries in 2016*

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Philippines*Published by Yale University; out of 180 countries

Strategy Framework
to Ensure Ecological
Integrity, Clean andHealthy Environment(2017-2022)

Nuclear S&T Applications in Environmental Research

Climate change-resilient agriculture
through mutation breeding,isotope-based soil, nutrient and watermanagement,
plant growth promoter from radiationmodified carrageenan

Isotope hydrology applications
in comprehensive groundwater assessment• Declaration by the National Water
Resources Board for the integration of
isotope techniques in the Philippine
national groundwater assessment
programIsotope hydrology applications
in comprehensive groundwater assessment• Training on modern methods of water
resources assessment andmanagement of personnel fromnational agencies and local water
districts as well as scientists from theacademe

Air pollution
characterizationand source
apportionment
using nuclear
analyticaltechniquesIsotope-based receptor binding assay technology for paralytic shellfish
poisoning (caused by harmful algal blooms or HABs), transferred to thePhilippine regulatory body— the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources (BFAR)

The receptor binding assay offersa better alternative to the mouse bioassay currently used by BFAR
since it will greatly enhance the early warning and monitoring of harmful
algal blooms in the Philippines

Environmental
Radioactivity
Monitoring:• CTBTO• Establishment ofreal-timeenvironmental

radiation
monitoring
systems• Radon monitoringfor earthquakes

Marine Radioactivity Studies
from the Fukushima Accident:• 137Cs and 134Cs measurements inseawater• 129I measurement in coral cores• Objectives:
To use these radionuclides as
oceanographic tracers
For nuclear safety and security

IN THE PIPELINE:

Strengthening Marine Protected Areas
to Conserve Marine Key Biodiversity
Areas in the Philippines(Department of Environment and Natural Resources)

Assessment, Characterization, andApportionment of Sedimentation in
SMARTSeas PH Sites
Using Nuclear and IsotopicTechniques(Philippine Nuclear Research Institute)Highest shorefish biodiversity
8 rare species of corals

58,400 ha(42% of PH’s mangrove)

14 species of cetaceans

Hawskbill
Green Sea turtles

Feeding ground of
7 species of whales, 4 dolphins

PHILIPPINENUCLEARRESEARCH
INSTITUTEOCTOBER 2017

Thank you
Salamat po