<P> Nuclear power was considered as a solution to the 1973 oil crisis, in which the Philippines was affected . The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant was built in the early 1980s but never went into operation because it sits on a tectonic fault and volcano . The Fukushima nuclear disaster gave pause to efforts to revive the plant . </P> <P> Under a regime of martial law, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in July 1973 announced the decision to build a nuclear power plant . This was in response to the 1973 oil crisis, as the Middle East oil embargo had put a heavy strain on the Philippine economy, and Marcos believed nuclear power to be the solution to meeting the country's energy demands and decreasing dependence on imported oil . </P> <P> Construction on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant began in 1976 . Following the 1979 Three Mile Island accident in the United States, construction on the BNPP was stopped, and a subsequent safety inquiry into the plant revealed over 4,000 defects . Among the issues raised was that it was built near major faults and close to the then dormant Pinatubo volcano . </P>

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