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Philippine Nuclear Research Institute

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Jurisdiction
  
Philippines

Philippine Nuclear Research Institute

Formed
  
13 June 1958 (58 years ago) (1958-06-13)

Preceding Institute
  
Philippine Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)

Headquarters
  
Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City

Institute executives
  
Carlos Primo C. David, Officer-In-Charge Teofilo V. Leonin, Concurrent Deputy Director

Parent department
  
Department of Science and Technology


The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute is a government body in the Philippines, charged with overseeing the peaceful uses of nuclear technology.

Its main facility was a nuclear research reactor, PRR-1, first commissioned in 1963 as a TRIGA reactor and subsequently modified. As of 2007 it is non-operational since its shut down in 1988.

Main activities

  • Radiation therapy
  • Nuclear power
  • Peaceful Nuclear Research
  • References

    Philippine Nuclear Research Institute Wikipedia