1973 - Volume 15, Issue 3 | by Petrosyants, A.M. (USSR State Committee on the Utilization of Atomic Energy (SU)) The Soviet Union belongs to those countries possessing abundant natural power resources. These resources of organic fuels as well as hydro power, in principle, allow us to respond to power demands for many, many decades ahead. However, we also observe in the USSR some
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 3 | by Fischer, D.A.V. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Division of External Relations, Vienna (AT)) On 5 April 1973, he most important Agreement yet concluded or implementing the safeguards provisions of the NPT as signed in Brussels ? he IAEA/EURATOM Agreement. Under this Agreement, Belgium, he Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, he Netherlands as well as Denmark
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 3 | by Author not available In analytical chemistry the determination of small or trace amounts of elements or compounds in different types of materials is increasingly important. The results of these findings have a great influence on different fields of science, and on human life. Their reliability,
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 3 | by Sztanyik, L. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Division of Life Sciences, Vienna (AT)) Among the practical applications of radiobiological techniques that may be of considerable interest for human medicine and public health is the use of ionizing radiation and radioactive isotopes in the preparation of vaccines. Since 1966, the International Atomic Energy Agency,
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 3 | by Author not available The UN Conference on the Human Environment, convened in Stockholm during June 1972, was the first large-scale intergovernmental conference devoted exclusively to environmental problems. It underlined the interest of world public opinion for concerted effort at international
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 3 | by Author not available The International Nuclear Information System (INIS) is the world's first computer-based international documentation service for which input is prepared on a decentralized basis. It was set up co-operatively by the International Atomic Energy Agency and its Member States, within
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 3 | by Author not available Environmental isotope hydrology is a relatively new field of investigation based on isotopic variations observed in natural waters. These isotopic characteristics have been established over a broad space and time scale. They cannot be controlled by man, but can be observed and
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