The Philippine National Progress Report on IAEA Project Ras/09/062: Promoting and Maintaining Regulatory Infrastructure for the Control of Radiation Sources (Contributed Paper)

The report is in line with the report of the Director General on "Measures to Strengthen International Cooperation in Nuclear, Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety" during the 2014 IAEA General Conference. It aims to share the accomplishments and achievements of the above-mentioned project brought to the Nuclear Regulatory Division (NRD) –Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) in delivering their regulatory functions. Also, it aims to project the perceived challenges of a regulator with the emerging state of the art industrial and medical nuclear technologies in the country. The introduction of the report, illustrated the 10-year period (2005-2015) and the current number of licensees and their radiation facilities and activities. The body described the existing legal and regulatory infrastructures for safety at the national context based on the IAEA Safety Standard Series No. GS-G-1.5, "Regulatory Control of Radiation Sources." The report has comprehensive illustration of the national outputs and outcomes attained with the implementation of the action plans /activities using the project matrix framework provided by the IAEA with its objective and outcomes as planned. Furthermore, the summarized report indicated the participation of the Philippines in the IAEA project activities. Lastly, the conclusion and recommendations of the report have listed the priority activities that could be part of the 2016- 2020 NRD-PNRI Strategic Plan indicating the mission, vision, core values, goals, objectives, key activities and performance indicators, among others. A regional comparative report under the framework of this project could emanate from this report. (author)