The Department of Justice has upheld the legality of the Agreement for Cooperation between the governments of the Philippines and the United States concerning peaceful use of nuclear energy embodied in the 123 Agreement forged on Nov. 16 last year in San Francisco, California.
Remulla rendered the opinion even as he expressed his agency’s ‘all-out’ support to the 123 Agreement. It is important to note that the 123 Agreement covers the safe and secure use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes wherein the parties undertake to transfer and share information, nuclear material equipment and components directly or through authorized persons such as the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute which is mandated to regulate activities related thereto by virtue of RA 5207 or the Atomic Energy Regulatory and Liability Act of 1968, as amended.