1973 - Volume 15, Issue 6 | by Author not available The Agency initiated a regular programme of technical assistance immediately after the conclusions of the first session of its General Conference in 1957. Its main objectives are to promote the transfer of skills and knowledge relating to the peaceful uses of atomic energy, to
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 6 | by Author not available In accordance with its Statute, provision is made for the Agency 'to encourage and assist research on, and the peaceful development of, atomic energy for peaceful uses throughout the world'. Provision for the direct support of research carried out at appropriate institutes in
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 6 | by Author not available The market for enriched uranium has recently begun to look like that foreseen when the Agency was established: few but big suppliers of enriched uranium and many competing purchasers. This development is the result of two strong forces that in recent years have influenced the
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 6 | by Author not available No travel posters can do justice to Brazil or to Argentina because they fail to convey the overwhelming thrust and spirit of the population. To help these two nations come closer to realizing their tremendous potential, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 6 | by Author not available The IAEA Secretariat includes 190 scientists and engineers whose special qualifications cover most of the branches of nuclear science and applications of nuclear energy. This gives it a unique international concentration of specialized skills and knowledge, but increasingly this
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 6 | by Author not available While nuclear technology continues to expand in all scientific fields, both research and analysis become increasingly important aspects of the work carried out at the IAEA's two principal laboratories at Seibersdorf and Monaco. They also provide training facilities for students
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 6 | by Author not available One of the main aims of the IAEA is to foster the exchange of scientific and technical information and one of the main ways of doing this is to convene international scientific meetings. They range from large international conferences bringing together several hundred
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 6 | by Author not available From August 23 to September 13 a study tour was held in the USSR on the subject of Radiation Dosimetry in Medicine and Biology, at the invitation of the State Committee on he Utilization of Atomic Energy of the Soviet Union. Twenty-eight scientists from 28 developing countries -
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