Left: Seated 1st row from left: PNRI OIC, Office of the Deputy Director and Nuclear Services Division Chief Dr. Christina Petrache, NNSA Associate Administrator for Office of Emergency Operations Joseph Krol Jr., Rear Admiral, US Navy (Ret.), PNRI Director Dr. Alumanda Dela Rosa and Mr. Vince McClelland of the NNSA.
2nd row from left: Ms. Rica Salcedo of the NNSA, Chemistry Research Section Head Dr. Lucille Abad, Senior Science Research Specialist Cecile De Vera, Finance and Administrative Division Chief Dr. Graceta Cuevas, Inspection and Enforcement Section Head Edgar Racho, Technology Diffusion Division OIC Ana Elena Conjares, Dr. Colin Okada of the NNSA and Kay Greenwell of the US Embassy in Manila.
Right: Dr. Okada of the NNSA (2nd from right) conducts a demonstration of various radiation detectors on May 7 with members of the PNRI Radiological Emergency Monitoring and Control (REMCON) Teams.
Officials from the United States Department of Energy – National Nuclear Safety Administration (US-DOE-NNSA) met with the officials of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute – Department of Science and Technology (PNRI-DOST) for the further cooperation between the two agencies in the field of emergency preparedness and response to nuclear and radiological emergencies.
The PNRI and the US DOE NNSA signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) on May 6, which includes collaboration on the development of emergency operation centers and community networks, atmospheric plume modeling, risk reduction, incident assessment, joint training and exercises. Both agencies also cooperate with and support each other under the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, particularly in activities on dealing with radiological dispersal devices (RDD’s), radioactive source recovery, nuclear/radiological search and consequence management.
