WHEREAS, President Fidel V. Ramos, during the Cabinet meeting held on May 26, 1993 at the Kalayaan Hall, Villamor Air Base, directed the Department of Energy to consider only a non-nuclear option for the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP);

WHEREAS, as a result of the foregoing directive of the President, the terms of reference of TEAM A (NUCLEAR OPTION) of the Task Force BNPP Options ( œTeam A ) have become moot and academic;

WHEREAS, Team A has, for the past two months, seriously looked into, gathered, ascertained, and evaluated facts and issues relative to nuclear options available with respect to the operation of the BNPP;

WHEREAS, the research output and expertise of Team A should be preserved and taken advantage of;

NOW, THEREFORE, Department Order No. 93-04-012, issued last April 2, 1993, is hereby amended to change the terms of reference of Team A as follows:


1.      Identify critical technical, economic, legal, and political issues that must be further studied or should be considered before adopting a nuclear power option for the Philippines;

2.      Identify the main and support activities that must be undertaken (including their optimum scheduling) in connection with the foregoing paragraph;

3.      Identify the entities (public and/or private) that should be involved in the formulation of a nuclear power program for the Philippines;

4.      Perform such other functions necessary and incidental to the discharge of its responsibilities.

Team A shall submit its final report and recommendation to the undersigned on or before July 1, 1993.

Adopted: 28 May 1993

(Sgd.) DELFIN L. LAZARO
Secretary