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  • Nuclear Security Topics in Focus

    Nuclear Security

    The IAEA is helping policymakers and experts from around the world coordinate their efforts to improve nuclear security, manage radioactive sources and combat nuclear terrorism. Go to Coverage →

  • Nuclear Power: Status and Outlook Topics in Focus

    Nuclear Power: Status and Outlook

    Over the past several years, there has been a resurgence of interest in nuclear power, both from countries with established nuclear power programmes and countries that are interested in beginning a programme. Go to Coverage →

  • Cancer Care and Control Topics in Focus

    Cancer Care and Control

    Cancer is fast becoming a major global health problem. It is estimated that by 2020 there will be some 15 million new cancer cases a year, the majority of them in developing countries. Go to Coverage →

  • IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative Topics in Focus

    IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative

    Resources and other relevant information on the IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative (PUI). Go to Coverage →

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Keeping the Planet Blue - Nuclear Applications for a Healthy Marine Environment
17 September 2013 | We call our earth the "Blue Planet". Over seventy percent of it is indeed covered by water, but is it really blue? Look closely and you will see that in fact it's red, yellow, green, black and brown. Our seas are suffering from pollution which is coming from all kinds of man-made sources. The IAEA works with institutes worldwide to study the impact of marine pollution and find ways to prevent and manage it better.

Manila is just one of the world's largest cities that are situated on the water's edge. For these cities the oceans provide jobs, food and opportunities for transportation and recreation. But as pollutants move downhill, they are ending up on the shores and in the seas. Scientists from the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) monitor and manage the pollution in Manila Bay, 18 September 2013.
The negative impacts of man-made CO<sub>2</sub> emissions on the environment are already well researched and documented. But the damaging effects of the increasing amounts of carbon dioxide that are ending up in our seas and oceans are less well known. Marine scientists at the IAEA's Environment Laboratories in Monaco are using a range of nuclear and isotopic techniques to study a process known as 'Ocean Acidification', and the impacts it is having and will have on marine life, seafood safety and food security, 18 September 2013.
Tunisia's coastline stretches for over 1 300 kilometres. It's a major source of income for the people who live along the coast - that's around 80 percent of the country's population. But like many coastal countries around the world, this North African country is trying to cope with the pollution coming from industrial and domestic waste that is affecting the shorelines. The country's National Center of Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (CNSTN) takes part in a regional IAEA project that supports the use of nuclear and isotopic techniques to manage marine pollution, 18 September 2013.
Every country needs electricity and must find the best ways to generate it. One option is nuclear energy. The IAEA is at hand to assist and guide countries at all stages of a nuclear power programme, 20 June 2013.
For over 50 years, the IAEA has promoted the use of nuclear techniques to tackle some of the earth's most pressing water challenges. The Agency conducts over 100 projects in around 90 countries that apply nuclear techniques in the fields of water resources assessment, agricultural water management and marine pollution control, 19 September 2011.
The High Andes of Peru, the busy streets of Jakarta and the dusty Cameroon bush - all very different places, in diverse parts of the world, with one thing in common: the people here are all benefiting from nuclear science and the support of the IAEA to produce and protect food and make it safer, 18 September 2012.
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Books and Publications

Sealed Radioactive Sources

Sealed Radioactive Sources
Information, Resources and Advice for Key Groups About Preventing Loss of Control Over Sealed Radioactive Sources.

Protecting Our Marine Environment

Protecting Our Marine Environment
The September 2013 issue of the IAEA Bulletin is now available.

Country Nuclear Power Profiles

Country Nuclear Power Profiles
The Country Nuclear Power Profiles (CNPP) compiles background information on the status and development of nuclear power programmes in Member States.

IAEA Annual Report for 2012

IAEA Annual Report for 2012
The IAEA Annual Report summarizes and highlights developments over the past year in major areas of the Agency's work.

Global Vigilance: Strengthening Nuclear Security

Global Vigilance: Strengthening Nuclear Security
An overview of the Agency's work in all areas of nuclear security. (IAEA Bulletin, Vol. 54/2, June 2013)

Nuclear Power in 21st Century

Nuclear Power in the 21st Century
The IAEA helps Member States to use nuclear technology for a broad range of peaceful purposes, one of the most important of which is generating electricity.

IAEA At Work

IAEA At Work
IAEA in Overview: Using Nuclear Technologies Peacefully.

IAEA Factsheet: Safeguards Analytical Laboratories

IAEA Safeguards Analytical Laboratories
The science essential to verifying the peaceful use of nuclear material.

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