Forging closer cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute – Department of Science and Technology (PNRI-DOST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) for collaborative activities in nuclear science and technology on September 24 at Vienna, Austria.
The technical cooperation between the agencies will consist of complementary research and development undertakings and a healthy exchange of technical information as well as scientists, engineers and other experts, which will entail short or long–term visits and working assignments.
Collaborative activities by PNRI and KAERI will also cover basic and applied research on nuclear energy, radiation technology, technology transfer and human resource development, among others.
The agencies have previously engaged in similar cooperative efforts through an MOU in 1994, which according to them proved to be mutually productive and beneficial through the years.
The KAERI is a Korean government–sponsored nuclear science and technology research institute based in Daejon, South Korea.
