MINEM proposes that Latin American countries form a bloc for nuclear research

This Minem release was published using machine translation.

The Vice Minister of Electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM), Jaime Luyo Kuong, highlighted the importance of nuclear energy to improve the quality of life of the population, during the inauguration of the "Regional meeting to discuss a methodology to develop a Regional Plan to satisfy the demand for products from nuclear research reactors”, an international event organized by the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy (IPEN).

During his presentation, the vice minister pointed out that this event is very important because it is a demonstration that nuclear energy can contribute, in a crucial way, to various fields such as medicine, food, agriculture, and even to combat climate change, which affects to the world, among others.

Likewise, the MINEM official pointed out that this scientific meeting marks a milestone because it brings together various Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Peru), around nuclear research, and stressed that it is time that they unite and participate as a regional bloc in international forums; and in this way they also make better use of their resources.

“Our countries must act as a block, because we are in the era in which there are economic and energy blocks, etc. The resources that we allocate to nuclear research and development are scarce, compared to the great powers. Therefore, we must complement each other, support each other, exchange knowledge in Latin America. No one can have the same competitiveness acting alone”, he pointed out.

At another time, Luyo Kuong recalled that the existence of the neutron was anticipated by the Peruvian engineer and scientist Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo at the Third Pan-American Scientific Congress in 1924 and that it was confirmed by the English physicist James Chadwick in 1932, obtaining the prize Physics Nobel.

For his part, the president of IPEN, Mario Mallaupoma, thanked MINEM for its support of the institution he presides over and remarked that the purpose of this international event is to discuss a methodology to promote a regional strategic plan in order to optimize the use of nuclear reactors. operating and those under construction to meet the demand for related products and services.