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Nuclear power in the Philippines: The plague that poisons Morong! (1983)
| Author | Bello, Harris, Zarsky |
| Date | November 1983 |
| Classification | 4.16.0.00/14 (PHILIPPINES) |
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NUCLEAR POWER IN THE PHILIPPINES: THE PLAGUE THAT POISONS MORONG! * Walden Bello, John Harris and Lyuba Zarsky Nautilus Pacific Action Research Center INTRODUCTION 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. The nuclear deal provoked a broad-based resistance in the Philippines which identifies nuclear power with US imperialism. Closely linked to a Pan-Pacific self-determination movement opposed to all nuclear intervention, the Philippines' resistance contains important lessons -- and opportunities for the US anti-nuclear movement and the Left. *Graffiti on walls in town of Morong, province of Bataan, Philippines.
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