Philippines - World Nuclear Outlook Report

Projection of future nuclear capacity in Philippines in 2050

Philippines began construction of a 621 MWe Westinghouse unit at the Bataan nuclear plant in1976, but it was never commissioned. The Philippine government is working with Korea Electric Power Corporation to research on the feasibility of the revival of the Bataan project.²¹⁹

Philippines is also looking at possibilities of building new nuclear power plants, including both large reactors and small modular reactors.

In its Clean Energy scenario, the Philippine Energy Plan 2023-2050 targets at least 1200 MWe nuclear capacity in 2032, an additional 1200 MWe by 2035 and an additional 2400 MWe by 2050.^220,221