Fueled by the desire to Outreach, Outthink, and Outdo, PNRI's Nuclear Regulations, Licensing and Safeguards Division (NRLSD) is conducting this year a Nuclear Safety Caravan that has so far held four provincial sorties since it was launched in March.
The caravan is a public information and education campaign that seeks to promote the open exchange of safety and security information among various stakeholders who are involved in the peaceful use of radioactive materials in the Philippines.
The campaign has brought the NRLSD staff, led by its Chief, Ms. Eulinia Valdezco, to venues such as Iloilo, Cebu, Baguio and Laguna for stakeholder interaction focusing on newly-published CPRs (Code of PNRI Regulations), criteria and other regulatory guidance documents. Bataan, Pampanga, Davao will see the next provincial round of the caravan.
Apart from the awareness seminar, demonstration on the use of modern detectors and lectures to teachers and students are also being conducted by the NRLSD team.
The aim to OUTREACH means seeking to extend the coverage of regulatory services to areas outside of Metro Manila; the aim to OUTTHINK is to further gain competence in the conduct of such information campaigns; and the aim to OUTDO spells out the goal to surpass performance in terms of strategies in the dissemination of information to licensees and other stakeholders.
The caravan is made possible by the Department of Science and Technology Grants-in-Aid (DOST-GIA) Programme and was conceptualized as a strategic tool for the efficient and effective dissemination of technical knowledge pertaining to the various Code of PNRI Regulations to further enhance the effective implementation of the National Regulatory Control Program for radioactive material use and applications.
