By FRANCESCA REGALADO Noel Germano leads the way through the dark, airless hallways of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, an isolated compound west of Manila that was meant to be the first source of atomic energy in the Philippines. Instead of the thrum of massive turbines and steam generators, there is eerie silence: The plant has been mothballed for decades. A yellow radiation protection suit is only for display, unneeded by Germano, who manages the plant, or any of his seven engineers as they…
