Asia's most exciting eco resort

Built nearly three decades ago but has never been put into use, Philippines' Bataan Atomic Power Plant is currently promoted by the parent company - National Electricity Corporation (NPC) as a location. New ecotourism destination.

Guests will be able to visit the factory and spend the night at a beach right next to the factory."This will be the only travel-friendly nuclear power plant in Asia ," the NPC spokesman said. In Europe, some countries also have this type of tourism-electricity-nuclear-power.

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This is the only travel-friendly nuclear power plant in Asia.

'You don't have a chance to see a nuclear power plant every day, especially a nuclear reactor. So we believe most people will feel very excited , ' he said on National Geographic.

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The joysticks are left in a nuclear reactor in Bataan.
They still have an outer plastic cover since the factory was inaugurated.

According to NPC, the factory was inspected twice by the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA in 1985 - 1985 and approved for receiving materials, starting the test run. However, for many reasons, the plant has not been fully operational and clean uranium since 1997, when radioactive fuel was resold.

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An early AC generator in Bataan, where visitors can take a look at their own eyes.

Bataan factory tour was opened in March last year, after the Fukushima nuclear power plant had a problem in Japan. The purpose of tourism is to offset maintenance costs for the plant, and to convince public opinion that nuclear power is a safe choice for the Philippines.

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Control room of Bataan factory.

The construction site is located about 3 hours away from Manila. Admission fee is 150 pesos (equivalent to 3.5 USD). In addition to sightseeing, visitors are also allowed to swim at a private beach nearby.

The first part of the tour will be a presentation on factory safety features (such as earthquake resistance). The rest will be to directly visit the remarkable parts of the plant such as nuclear furnace, steam generator, control room, turbine generator .

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The factory's former Environmental Explorer now turns into a four-bedroom guest house. This beach is exclusively for visitors to visit the factory with a full range of services such as billiards, dart shooting, table tennis, volleyball courts and karaoke.