The WONP-NURT Symposia are among the key Cuban scientific meetings dealing with the peaceful applications of nuclear techniques in several domains of the society. These Symposia provide an opportunity for the international scientific community to meet outstanding researchers and to discuss current trends and tasks in several areas of applied, nuclear related fields.

The International WONP had been initiated in 1994, and since 2005 has a bi-annual frequency and the NURT were organised in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2006. In 2009 the XII WONP was for the first time jointly organized with the VI NURT conference.

The 2013 XIII WONP-VII NURT will be organized by the Instituto Superior de Ciencias y Tecnologías Avanzadas (InSTEC) and the Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN) in coordination with the Agencia de Energía Nuclear y Tecnologías de Avanzada (AENTA). The conference will be devoted to the presentation and discussion of original work involving current problems in various fields of applied and fundamental research.

The XIII WONP and VII NURT program will consist on oral presentations and poster sessions (February 5-8 2013). Also a preconference school will be held (January 31 - February 2, 2013).