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 a major geological fault line and close to the then dormant Mount Pinatubo
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Bataan Nuclear Power Plant