20thMinisterial Level Meeting
PHILIPPINESC O U N T R Y

REPORTHuman Resource Development Plan(HRDP)
Nuclear Power Plant

Official Phase 1 Mission Report of theIntegrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review(INIR) Mission
INIR Missions are conducted by the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) to assist its Member-States in evaluating the status of
the 19 infrastructure issues to determine the possibility of introducing
a safe, secure, and sustainable national nuclear program.
The DOE-Nuclear Energy Program Implementing Organization(NEPIO) was created in October 2016, in compliance with IAEA policyguidelines, to spearhead unified and coordinated efforts and activities
relative to the conduct of various studies and research on thefeasibility of nuclear energy development in the Philippines.

INIR Mission Recommendations
Areas where action could assist in making further progress.
Involve a broader range of stakeholders in completing the work required
to enable a national commitment
Develop a legal and regulatory framework to ensure and demonstratecommitment to safety, security and non-proliferation
Enhance its approaches to human resource and leadership development
program, nuclear fuel cycle options and electrical grid impacts.
Adapt the existing national frameworks for emergency preparedness andresponse and nuclear security.

Human resource development
Necessary knowledge and skills identified, and gaps in current capability assessed NEPIO will prepare a Human Resource Development Plan for the nuclearpower program.
 The Philippines generates a sufficient pipeline of engineering, science, andnon-technical graduates.
 To introduce nuclear topics as electives in the existing curricula of the engineering and natural sciences
programs
 To establish Master’s and doctoral programs in nuclear engineering and related courses;
 To develop programs in the vocational/technical schools to produce skilled technicians in relevant
disciplines
 To reintroduce nuclear-related courses, topics, and materials into the curricula at primary and secondary
levels and to conduct outreach activities to engage students.

Human resource development
Development of human resources planned
HRD Roadmap for NPP intends to integrate plans for short-, mid-, and long-term activities andserve as a guide for various groups and stakeholders.
NEPIO intends to promote a systematic approach to training (SAT) in the nuclear power
programme to ensure that the industry-required knowledge, skills and attitudes are developed bythe training programme.
HRD Plan will be developed related to the needs of the NEPIO. Implemented activities include:
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Training by PNRI at its Nuclear Training CenterMeetings with universities to develop nuclear engineering courses at BS, MS, and PhD levels
Training on legislative framework;
MOA between PNRI and different government departments on education and training, andAn IAEA TC project design for 2020-2021 on establishing a graduate programme in nuclear science, engineeringand management

The Philippines is considering the option to engage foreign experts through a variety ofmechanisms, e.g., hiring foreign consultants, engaging consulting firms, hosting internationalconferences, sending students to foreign academic institutions, etc.

Human resource development
Draft Staffing Requirements for NPP Organizations per Milestone and by Education Degree Level

Research Reactor Utilization

Project:
Subcritical Reactor Assembly for Training, Education and Research (SATER) byusing the PRR-1 TRIGA fuel elements expected to be commissioned by 2020Current Status
Without an operating nuclear facility, knowledge andexpertise in nuclear and reactor engineering has
gradually declined in the Philippines.

115 slightly irradiated TRIGA fuel rods in wet storage
15 fresh fuel in dry storage

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PRR-1 SATER
DesignRelative location of theSATER assembly to theexisting structures in PRR-1

SATER Assembly, allstructures will be new.
Fabrication will include
appropriate qualification
process.

Core
supportstructure
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FNCA Philippines Accomplishments in Radiation Oncology• Participation on published and ongoing multicenter and regional clinical
trials of FNCA (Cervix I-V, NPC I-III and Breast-I clinical trials) since 1993,through Dr. Miriam Joy Calaguas (PL) and Dr. Rey de los Reyes.
• Participation in annual FNCA workshops and meetings since 1993 wherePH delegates presented our Philippine clinical trial data and became
moderators, session chairs and lecturers (open forum).
• Promotion of multidisciplinary team approach in the management ofmalignancies specifically on increasing awareness on the roles andindications of radiotherapy/radiation oncology.
• Increase in Image Guided Brachytherapy (IGBT) procedures specifically incervical cancer in the Philippines.

FNCA FY2019 Workshop on Radiation Oncology Project
October 28‐31, 2019, Suzhou and Shanghai, China

Philippine Delegates Accomplishments

Miriam Joy C. Calaguas, M.D., FPROS
Section of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology,
UP-PGH ; St. Luke’ Medical Center
Rey H. de los Reyes, M.D., FSGOP
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
FEU-NRMF and JRRMMC
Jaemelyn Marie O. Fernandez, M.D., DPBRO
Department of Radiotherapy, JRRMMC
Jerickson Abbie S. Flores, M.D.,, DPBRO
Department of Radiotherapy, JRRMMC

Presentation of Philippine Data and Session Chairs

Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant
Chemotherapy with Concurrent
Chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma(NPC-III) – presented by Dr.
Jerickson Flores

Prospective Observational
Study of 3D-Image guided
brachy therapy for Locally
Advanced Cervical Cancer(CERVIX-V) - Philippine data
presented by Dr. Jaemelyn
Fernandez

Phase II Study ofHypofractionated Radiotherapy
for Breast Cancer(Postmastectomy Radiation
Therapy (PMRT)/BREAST-I) –presented by Dr. Jaemelyn
Fernandez

THANK YOU

Dr. LUCILLE V. ABAD
Philippine Nuclear Research InstituteDepartment of Science and Technology
PHILIPPINES