(VOVworld) - A three-day international conference on the prospects for nuclear power in the Asia Pacific Region opened Tuesday in the Philippine capital, Manila.

Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Donato Marcos (Photo: APEC 2015)

Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Donato Marcos, chair of the Inter-Agency Committee, said the conference discussed the potential and crucial role of nuclear energy in improving nation's energy supply situation, while also considering institutional and regional challenges in developing the needed policy frameworks and competencies for an efficient and effective nuclear program. It is the fourth in a series of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regional conferences and is being attended by the representatives from IAEA member-countries and various international and national agencies.