The top official of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) reiterated on Monday, August 1 that nuclear power could offer the country with the cleanest source of power at a lesser cost. The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is seen during a tour...
The top official of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) believes that nuclear power could offer the country with the cleanest source of baseload power at a lesser cost. The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is seen during a tour around the BNPP...
After 34 years with no operating nuclear facility, the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) starts the Philippine Research Reactor-1 Subcritical Assembly for Training, Education, and Research (PRR-1 SATER) on Monday, June 20. The fuel is...
The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) established a state-of-the-art facility to monitor radiation exposures in the human body in a bid to ensure the safety of nuclear workers and radiotherapy patients. (PNRI/MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST...
Filipino chemist Dr. Angel T. Bautista VII has been recognized by the Japanese government for his research on a project seeking to assess the radioactive contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident to the Philippines by looking at Iodine-129 content in coral cores along...
The country’s power situation may be a pressing topic for the upcoming May 2022 polls, a top official of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PNRI) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST-PNRI Director Dr. Carlo Arcilla said necessary measures...
Anticipating that the Philippines may face “crucial energy crisis” in the next few months, the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PNRI) appealed Monday, Dec. 6, to President Duterte to sign an executive order seeking to tap nuclear energy as...
The offer of South Korea to rehabilitate the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) still stands, the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PNRI) said Monday, Dec. 6. The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is seen during a tour around the BNPP...
With the Philippines’ standing as the world’s largest producer of abaca, researchers from the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) seized the opportunity to develop a nonwoven fabric from the native abaca that can filter toxic pollutants...
The Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) committed on Wednesday, June 16, to provide technical assistance to help private firm Via Verde carry out its plan to build a fully commercial irradiation facility in the country. DOST Secretary Fortunato...
Researchers from the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) are seeking to improve varieties of adlai (Coix lacryma-jobi L.) to become better alternative staple food crop. Adlai or Job’s tears (Screenshot from DOSTv) With this, it is good to...
State researchers are developing adlai, which has anti-tumor and other medical properties, as the country’s alternative food crop, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) announced on Monday, June 7. (Photo from DOST-PNRI) "Researchers are...
