The Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Preparatory Organization (CTBTO), Robert Floy, learned about the early warning systems currently in operation in Cuba as part of an official visit.
Havana, Cuba.- Floy, who will remain in the Caribbean nation until April 2, responding to an invitation from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Citma), exchanged views with experts from the Center for Radiation Protection and Hygiene and the Institute of Meteorology and Nuclear Safety on the early warning systems in operation in the country: radiological, seismological, and tsunami systems.
He also visited the National Data Center, an early warning mechanism for disaster mitigation, such as earthquake monitoring, tsunami warnings, and monitoring the levels and dispersion of radioactivity from nuclear accidents.
At that institution, Floyd exchanged with the project leader and center coordinator, José Luis Dona, and was able to see in real time the information that the CTBTO network provides to the Environmental Radiological Monitoring Network and the seismological and tsunami warning systems, according to information from the Cuban Nuclear Communicators Network.
The Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Preparatory Organization also met with authorities and executives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Cuba was the 185th country to sign and the 169th to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty after depositing its instrument of ratification on February 4, 2021. Since then, it has been included in a pilot project to create new capabilities, for which it received basic equipment for a Data Center from the CTBTO.
In addition, the Caribbean country benefits from the products and services offered by the International Data Center, which are of scientific interest and as an additional early warning mechanism for earthquakes and radiological events.
Qualified specialists in other disciplines such as Geology, Meteorology, Infrasound, Hydroacoustics, Mathematical Modeling, and Computer Science are also trained based on the developments achieved by the Organization. (PL)
