In '74 Marcos awarded Westinghouse brokered by Herminio Disini to build a nuclear plant for $500M w/c ballooned to $2.2B. Built near a fault line it was mothballed after Chernobyl. Westinghouse admitted paying commissions &in '12 Sandiganbayan ordered Disini return his $50M comm.
Link to 1986 Fortune Magazine article on the $2.2 Billion Battan Nuclear Power Plant Fiasco
archive.fortune.com/magazines/fort…
Link to Vera Files: VERA FILES FACT SHEET: A sleeping power giant, Bataan Nuclear Power Plant explained
verafiles.org/articles/vera-…
Link to The New York Times: FILIPINOS SAY MARCOS WAS GIVEN MILLIONS FOR '76 NUCLEAR CONTRACT
nytimes.com/1986/03/07/wor…
