Back-to-Back Reactor Seminars at PNRI this early 2025
Spearheading the development of advanced reactor and neutron studies in the country, the DOST-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute starts 2025 with two consecutive sessions of Reactor Seminar Series featuring international experts at the PNRI compound in Diliman, Quezon City.
On January 30, Dr. Roberto Bedogni of the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics oriented the attendees on a much-needed background of neutron physics before focusing on its applications for radiation protection and neutron measurement research.
This was followed on February 7 by Filipino-Canadian nuclear engineer Matthew Naraine, who shared Canada's experience on the operation, regulations, and further development of technologies on nuclear power, particularly the history and latest developments on the CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium) Small Modular Reactor.
The Reactor Seminar Series is regularly organized by the PNRI Nuclear Reactor Operations Section as part of its stakeholder engagement activities for the further development of the country's human resources in the nuclear field, and particularly for the operation of the Philippine Research Reactor-1 Subcritical Assembly for Training, Education, and Research (PRR-1 SATER).
It is typically held once every two months to provide a forum for researchers, operators, safety committees, regulators, and other stakeholders to discuss and introduce new trends, developments, and activities related to nuclear reactors such as reactor physics and engineering, radiation protection, nuclear safety, security, and safeguards, and emergency planning.
First operated from 1963 to 1988 and later recommissioned in 2022, the PRR-1 SATER is the Philippines' first and only operating nuclear reactor.
Dr. Roberto Bedogni of the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Mr. Matthew Naraine, Filipino-Canadian nuclear engineer
