The government will look into proposals to convert the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) into a natural gas-powered facility to ease the country’s growing demand for energy, Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said on Tuesday.

“Mainam na pag-aralan ang panukalang iyan, kung ito ay posible at kapaki-pakinabang [That proposal should be studied to find out if its possible],” Coloma said when asked if the government is willing to consider a proposal in Congress to convert the mothballed nuclear plant into a gas-fired plant.

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