PNRI partners with ITDI and Envirotech to recycle plastic waste using radiation technology
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PNRI Director Dr. Carlo Arcilla (4th from left), ITDI Director Dr. Anabelle Briones (middle) and Envirotech President Engr. Winchester Lemen (4th from right) with the respective agency and company officials and PREx project staff during the signing of the MOA for the Post-radiation Reactive Extrusion (PREx) initiative at the PNRI compound in Quezon City
PNRI partners with ITDI and Envirotech to recycle plastic waste using radiation technology
To help address the worsening plastic pollution problem in the country while also maximizing the use of reprocessed materials for industries, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute partners with the DOST-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) and Envirotech Waste Recycling, Inc., to harness radiation in recycling plastic wastes.
PNRI Director Dr. Carlo Arcilla, ITDI Director Dr. Anabelle Briones and Envirotech President Engr. Winchester Lemen signed a Memorandum of Agreement for Post-radiation Reactive Extrusion (PREx), a research initiative by PNRI with funding from the DOST Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD).
3 Navotas barangays & DOST nuclear agency partner in dengue control project
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3 Navotas barangays & DOST nuclear agency partner in dengue control project
Local leaders from Navotas City recently turned to nuclear technology as a tool in helping control dengue in their communities.
Barangay Captains Leonora Acosta of Tanza 1 (third from left) and Rochelle Vicencio of Tanza 2 (fourth from left), inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) represented by PNRI’s Deputy Director Dr. Vallerie Ann Samson (third from right) and Atomic Research Division Chief Dr. Lucille Abad (second from right) on June 29, 2023 to formalize their support and participation to the project “Development and Application of Sterile Insect Technique for the Control of Dengue Mosquito Aedes aegypti.”
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PNRI recognized as Champion Partner of DOST-STARBOOKS
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PNRI recognized as Champion Partner of DOST-STARBOOKS
Congratulations to the DOST - Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, who were among the institutions recognized as one of the Champion Partners of DOST-STARBOOKS!
The award was given on June 15, during the celebration of the 36th Anniversary of the DOST-Science and Technology Information Institute at the Philippine International Convention Center.
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Scientists discover nuclear signals that could possibly mark the start of the Anthropocene
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Left: DOST-PNRI’s Dr. Angel Bautista VII presents a segment of the ice core containing the I-129 radionuclide signals which they propose as the most probable golden spike indicator of the Anthropocene epoch
Right: Sampling the ice core at the SE Dome site in Greenland
Scientists discover nuclear signals that could
possibly mark the start of the Anthropocene
When did human activities start affecting the earth permanently on a planetary scale? This proposed new period of such human activities is called the Anthropocene epoch. This period, and all other periods such as the Jurassic Age, has a start flag called the “golden spike,” an event marker that signals a tremendous physical, chemical, or biological change across the Earth.
In a new study by DOST-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, RIKEN, Hirosaki University, and Hokkaido University, researchers propose that the beginning of the Anthropocene, or its “golden spike,” is best recorded as nuclear bomb peaks.
In particular, the scientists found the peaks of the radionuclide iodine-129 or I-129 found in an ice core at the Greenland Southeast Dome site as an “excellent candidate for the Anthropocene period’s golden spike.”
