Study of the Legal Implications of the Bataan Nuclear Power Reactor Contract
Letter of Instructions No. 875, issued on June 16, 1979, directs the Minister of Justice and the Solicitor General of the Philippines to investigate the legal implications surrounding the Bataan Nuclear Power Reactor contract with Westinghouse. The directive arises from safety concerns following the Three-Mile Island incident, which highlighted potential risks of nuclear contamination due to equipment failure or operator error. The letter emphasizes the need to assess the feasibility of canceling the contract based on violations of implied safety warranties. Recommendations are expected by July 1, 1979.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 875
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 16, 1979
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 875
| TO | : | The Minister of Justice |
| The Solicitor General |
You are hereby directed to study the legal implications of the Bataan Nuclear Power Reactor contract of the Government of the Philippines with Westinghouse in order to establish the legal feasibility of the cancellation of the contract because of the violation of the implied warranty of safety since the March 28, 1979 incident at the Three-Mile Island Nuclear Reactor Plant in Pennsylvania, U.S.A., resulted in what is technically referred to as a "hydrogen bubble" inside the containment tank and which threatened to explode like a hydrogen bomb, as well as a leak of nuclear contaminated water from the container tank. This has raised the specter of fatal nuclear contamination in the Bataan area either due to malfunction of equipment of human error by operators.
Please submit your recommendations not later than July 1, 1979.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 16th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine. casia
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Study of the Legal Implications of the Bataan Nuclear Power Reactor Contract, Letter of Instructions No. 875, Jun 16, 1979 (Philippines)
Study of the Legal Implications of the Bataan Nuclear Power Reactor Contract, Letter of Instructions No. 875 (Phil. 1979)
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