Annual Review Meeting of RCA-UNDP Project on Electron Beam Applications for Value Addition to Food and Industrial Products and Degradation of Environmental Pollutants in the Asia Pacific region 21-22 November 2013, Marriott Hotel, Cebu, Philippines             The Annual Review Meeting of RCA-UNDP Project on Electron Beam Applications for Value Addition to Food and Industrial Products and Degradation of Environmental Pollutants in the Asia Pacific region was held on 21-22 Nov. 2013 at Marriott Hotel in Cebu, Philippines.   Total of 21 participants attended the meeting, including Dr. Alumanda Dela Rosa, Director of Philippine Nuclear Research Institute and National RCA Representative of the Philippines, Dr. Ju-woon Lee, LCC, Mr. Kun-mo Choi, Director of RCARO, and 18 participants from 13 countries.   The meeting was successful and ended with some fruitful conclusions and recommendations for implementation of the project in 2014.        

  The RCA/UNDP regional training course in basic knowledge and hands-on experiment on electron beam applications for degradation of environmental pollutants was carried out from 7 to 11 Oct. 2013 in ARTI, Korea inviting 10 participants from 10 countries.

  RCARO's Participation in the 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference & Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors 28-31 Oct. 2013, Seoul, Korea          

RCARO's participation in the International Conference on the Sources, Effects and Risks of Ionizing Radiation 10-11 October 2013, Bali, Indonesia           RCARO participated to the International Conference on the Sources, Effects and Risks of Ionizing Radiation held on 10-11 Oct. 2013 in Bali, Indonesia. RCARO held a booth exhibition and delivered a presentation on the RCA. The RCA National Representative of Indonesia a RCA expert from the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) visited the RCA booth and supported the RCA promotion. There were about 170 participants from the UNSCEAR, IAEA and local institutions at the conference.

 

The 42nd RCA General Conference 13 September 2013, IAEA, Vienna         The 42nd RCA General Conference was successfully held on 13 September 2013, in the IAEA headquarters, Vienna. The IAEA informed that the RCA Focal Person will be changed in the second half of 2013.

  The RCA/UNDP regional training course in basic knowledge and hands-on experiment on electron beam applications for value addition to industrial products was carried out from 19 to 23 Aug. 2013 in ARTI, Korea inviting 10 participants from 10 countries.

2013 RCARO WORKSHOP ON Strengthening the RCA/RCARO Activities and its Efficiency Grand Hilton Seoul Hotel, Seoul, Korea 7-9 August 2013 2013 RCARO Workshop on Strengthening the RCA/RCARO Activities and its Efficiency was held on 7-9 Aug. 2013 in Seoul, Korea. RCARO organised the Workshop with aims to address the following topics:   1) To discuss on how to improvement of information exchange and communication    in  RCA 2) To discuss on how to establish the ICT infrastructure to enhance the RCA   networking amongst the Member States 3) To exchange views on the revision on the RCA Agreement* * Reflecting concern over the process by the 35th NRM decision, the workshop     was utilised just to exchange views on its revision. 4) To hear the views and ideas on the future role of the RCARO, celebrating its 10th   anniversary   Participants also visited the RCARO office that was relocated in May 2013. For more information : http://www.rcaro.org/activities_s/view/id/2424. 

New Zealand NR's participation to the 12th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference 10- 12th July, Perth, Australia   The National RCA Representative of New Zealand has participated in the 12th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference held on 10-12th July in Perth, Australia. RCARO provided RCA brochures and Success Stories for his promotion of the RCA.