Alpas Pinas, Media tour nuclear and radiation facilities
Spearheading renewed efforts to promote nuclear energy in the country, House Special Committee on Nuclear Energy Chairperson Cong. Mark Cojuangco, together with the nuclear advocacy group Alpas Pinas, joined the members of the media on a tour of nuclear and radiation facilities at the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI).
After a press briefing, PNRI experts accompanied the media around the fully-operational Philippine Research Reactor-1 Subcritical Assembly for Training, Education, and Research (SATER).
The media also entered the Gamma Irradiation Facility and the Electron Beam Irradiation Facility to showcase the Institute's capability in the field of nuclear science and technology.