Nuclear power in the Philippines : the plague that poisons Morong! / Bello, Walden.
Material type: TextQuezon City : University of the Philippines, 1983Description: 25 pages 22 cmContent type:- text
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- HC 59.7.U67 .B417 1983
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Isagani R. Cruz Collection | Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center | HC 59.7.U67 .B417 1983 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 3IRC0000003509 |
A complex convergence of strategic, political and economic factors underlies the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the Philippines -- a Westinghouse Light Water Reactor exported by the U.S. In this essay, we evaluate proponents arguments for nuclear power in the Philippines and demonstrate that the pro-nuclear ideology is unconvincing. By examining nuclear power in the context of export-oriented industrialization, conflicting class interests, and U.S.-Philippine relations, we explain why nuclear power was adopted -- an analysis not easily generalizable to other Third World countries which have chosen the nuclear option. --From the introduction
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