The Philippines yesterday signed an agreement with the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, allowing treaty officials to work on nuclear-test detection facilities in the country.

Treaty verification plans call for the Philippines to host two auxiliary seismic stations in Mindanao and Luzon as well as a radionuclide air-sampling station at Quezon City, according to an organization release.

The facilities are part of the International Monitoring System, which consists of more than 300 worldwide stations designed to detect nuclear explosions.

The organization has now signed facility agreements with 25 countries that host treaty verification equipment (CTBTO release, April 14).

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