More importantly, in the event that nuclear microreactors are produced by the US DoD at scale, these small nuclear plants can, in fact, be installed in EDCA locations in different parts of the country. This distinction alone should give the current government pause on allowing nuclear microreactors to be deployed in EDCA locations in the future. More importantly, military nuclear microreactors will allow Washington to deploy different kinds of weapons to influence the security arrangement in the South China Sea and the greater Indo-Pacific. With a military nuclear microreactor in Philippine soil, Washington may be able to operate high-powered conventional military weapons which may be equivalent to weapons of mass destruction. As such, allowing nuclear microreactors in EDCA areas or anywhere in the Philippines should not be on the agenda."
