For more than a century, radiation has played an invisible, useful and often vital role in industry and food safety.
Whether in the disinfection of medical devices, pest control through the sterilization technique of cores, fresh produce or the reinforcement of industrial polymers, this technology is an essential part of the modern world.
ABEN sources told Prensa Latina that the inauguration will take place this Tuesday afternoon at the scientific center in the urbanization of Procapa, District Eight, of the municipality of Alteño.
With an ambitious nuclear program, the mountainous country is preparing to select professional candidates for scholarships in Russia to train as specialists in the management of the nuclear reactor at the research center in the city of Alteña.
“We trust our scientists! We have launched 53 new scholarships to train our specialists in #Russia to manage the #ElAlto nuclear research reactor (…). “Our revolution is also technological!” wrote President Luis Arce on his social networks.
Once this requalification period is over, they will work on the Nuclear Research Reactor Complex, part of the Center for Research and Development in Nuclear Technology, which is being built in the city of El Alto, it said.
The basic requirement for candidates is a master’s degree in physics and atomic engineering or a comparable degree in electronics; Radio technology and communication systems, in electromechanics or related areas.
Graduates with a degree in electronics, telecommunications, mechatronics or related disciplines are also invited; Mechanical engineering, electromechanics or electrical engineering, among other professions and specialist areas in this area.
The final application deadline is November 15th this year. In the advertisement, ABEN encourages women to submit their applications.
At the end of September, an expert mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), led by engineer Vivian Pereira, visited the country with the aim of strengthening the activities of the highland state’s regulatory authority for nuclear safety and radiation protection.
Pereira’s visit to Bolivia coincided with the participation of Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy Franklin Molina and Hortensia Jiménez, Executive Director of ABEN, at the 67th General Conference of the IAEA in Vienna, Austria.
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