Duterte wants to study feasibility of nuclear energy

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an executive order for a study that would “revisit the country’s policy on nuclear energy and to determine its feasibility as a long term option for power generation.”

Executive Order No. 116, also created the Nuclear Energy Program Inter-Agency Committee to conduct the study and formulate a national strategy.

—Leila B. Salaverria