Nuclear energy milestones in PH reported at the IAEA general confab
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Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Sharon Garin, who leads the Philippine Delegation to the IAEA General Conference, delivers the Philippines statement at the plenary on September 17 (Photo by Atty. Domifel Umingli/Philippine Embassy in Vienna)
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi (3rd from right) after a meeting with the Philippine delegation: Philippine Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the IAEA, Ambassador Evangelina Lourdes Bernas (4th from left), DOE Undersecretary Garin (2nd from right), IAEA Secretary of the Policy-Making Organs (PMO) and former Philippine Ambassador Maria Cleofe Natividad (2nd from left), Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) Director Dr. Carlo Arcilla (extreme right), DOE Director Patrick Aquino (3rd from left) and Dan Bagaporo, Third Secretary, Philippine Permanent Mission (extreme left) (Photo by Dean Calma/IAEA)
Nuclear energy milestones in PH reported at the IAEA general confab
Doing its part in the continued effort towards global cooperation in the nuclear field, the Philippines joined hundreds of its fellow Member States at the 68th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from September 16-20, 2024, in Vienna, Austria.
The Philippine delegation was led by Department of Energy Undersecretary Sharon Garin, accompanied by the Philippine Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the IAEA, Ambassador Evangelina Lourdes Bernas, Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) Director Dr. Carlo Arcilla, and other officials.
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Nuclear STEM VIBE: DOST-PNRI at the National Youth Science, Technology, and Innovation Festival (NYSTIF)
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Nuclear STEM VIBE: DOST-PNRI at the National Youth Science, Technology, and Innovation Festival (NYSTIF)
It’s another year of atoms driving the STEM vibing as high school and college students visit the booths of the DOST - Philippine Nuclear Research Institute at the 2nd National Youth Science, Technology, and Innovation Festival (NYSTIF) from September 18 to 21, 2024 at the Philippine International Convention Center!
DOST-PNRI's young nuclear researchers demonstrated several radiation applications geared towards providing solutions for economic growth. The future scientists, engineers and professionals were shown live how profuse bleeding can be effectively and quickly controlled using radiation-processed hemostats, which is very vital in emergency and medical settings.
2024 National Training Course on Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring
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2024 National Training Course on Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring
The Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI), in collaboration with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), hosted the 2024 National Training Course on Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring at the PNRI compound in Quezon City.
This annual workshop, organized by PNRI's Health Physics Research Section (HPRS), aims to equip participants with a foundational understanding of radiation and environmental radioactivity monitoring. Attendees included university instructors, government researchers, and radiation safety specialists from across the Philippines.
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Malaysia is next host of the International Nuclear Science Olympiad
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Malaysia as next INSO host receives the INSO Trophy from Philippine organizers. (L-R) Philippine Organizing Committee Chair Ana Elena Conjares, DOST-PNRI Director Carlo Arcilla, IAEA Expert Jane Abaya, with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Rorlinda Binti Yusof and Mohd Hakimie Bin Zainal Abidin.
Left: The INSO trophy which started its journey from the Philippines and will be passed on from one INSO host to the next.
Right: Dr. Mohd Hakimie Bin Zainal Abidin raises the INSO trophy as next INSO host representing Malaysia with Dr. Rorlinda Binti Yusof.
Malaysia is next host of the International Nuclear Science Olympiad
After its successful pioneer run at the New Clark City in the Philippines, the International Nuclear Science Olympiad (INSO) will hop on to its second leg in Malaysia next year. The Malaysian delegates eagerly received the INSO globe at the Turn-over Ceremony at the close of the first-ever INSO on August 6 at the SMX Convention Center in Clark, Pampanga.
Donated by the former Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency – Technical Cooperation for Asia and the Pacific Dr, Jane G. Abaya, the INSO globe started its journey this year and will be turned-over to next country-hosts from thence. It will serve as the symbol of the passing of responsibility from one INSO host to the next.
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