“The development of nuclear energy is an issue that has already been addressed by the Council of Ministers, within the framework of the objective that seeks to lead the Peruvian State to have a diversified energy matrix, and because we are sure that it will serve, in the future, to bring electric power to the most distant and difficult-to-access places,” said the head of energy and mines.

Peru's Minister of Energy and Mines, Rómulo Mucho, said on Friday that nuclear technology represents the future of energy generation, which will contribute to diversifying the energy matrix and bringing electricity to isolated localities in the country.

At the opening of the Conference "Building a Sun on Earth: the nuclear option in the face of the challenges of renewable energies", organized by the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy (IPEN), the minister highlighted the progress made by the most developed nations to take advantage of nuclear energy and expand knowledge about the energy transition and the creation of new energy sources.

“The development of nuclear energy is an issue that has already been addressed by the Council of Ministers, within the framework of the objective that seeks to lead the Peruvian State to have a diversified energy matrix, and because we are sure that it will serve, in the future, to bring electric power to the most distant and difficult-to-access places,” he stressed.

The head of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) said that nuclear technology has been reborn in the world and is now presented as a viable and safe alternative that many countries are using for the generation of clean energy, which constitutes a challenge for our country.

He stressed that nuclear energy, used for peaceful purposes, can play a very important role in favour of the energy security of our country, and added that it will generate growth opportunities for the benefit of the country.

The conference was led by Luis Felipe Delgado-Aparicio, PhD in Physics, head of the Department of Advanced Projects and Principal Physics Researcher at Princeton University (United States), who highlighted that Peru has enormous resources to develop nuclear technology and, in the future, with a well-structured plan, become an energy exporting country.

The event, held in the Minem auditorium, was also attended by the president of IPEN, Rolando Páucar; the Vice Minister of Electricity, Víctor Carlos Estrella; among other officials.