California-based nuclear energy company Valar Atomics is planning to build a “proof-of-concept” small modular reactor in the Philippines in partnership with the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) to scale up atomic energy research in the country as it forays into nuclear power generation.
At the sidelines of EoS Organization’s memoranda of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony with Fulbright Philippines and the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) in Makati City last Friday, Valar Atomics Research Institute president Kip Mock said that the reactor will be used for research purposes, and that this is “the first time this type of reactor…