In May, States meet at the first review conference of the NPT, whose membership then stands at 91 parties. In London, the US and other major suppliers of nuclear materials meet to draw up new rules for nuclear exports. At the IAEA’s Seibersdorf Laboratories, special facilities are built for the Safeguards Analytical Laboratory, the coordinating centre of a global network of analytical laboratories for analyzing samples of plutonium, uranium, and other materials.