1975 - Volume 17, Issue 6 | by Eklund, S. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (AT))
This speech was delivered at the International Conference on the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, in Stockholm, 30 October 1975 For fifteen years the International Atomic Energy Agency has been applying safeguards. The drafters of the Agency's Statute wished firstly to make sure that the
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1975 - Volume 17, Issue 6 | by Phillips, J.A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Division of Research and Laboratories, Physics Section, Vienna (AT))
Activities such as this are being enacted daily in many laboratories throughout the world. The programmes are called controlled thermonuclear fusion or, for short, fusion. The goal is to bring nuclei of light elements together, fuse them into a compound nucleus which
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1975 - Volume 17, Issue 6 | by Friedmann, E.
The need for a paper of this kind, which was first identified in the Operations Evaluation Report on Power of 1972, became more pressing when the increases in oil prices precipitated the development by the LDCs of more capital intensive sources of power as alternative to
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1975 - Volume 17, Issue 6 | by Clark, B.E. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Division of Development, Department of Safeguards and Inspection, Vienna (AT)) Cook, G.B. (Division of Research and Laboratories, Department of Research and Isotopes, Seibersdorf (AT))
In order to discharge its safeguards responsibilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency must independently verify the amount, composition, location, and movement of the nuclear material subject to safeguards. Agency verification is accomplished by material accountancy,
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1975 - Volume 17, Issue 6 | by Mukherjee, R.N. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Division of Life Sciences, Radiation Biology Section, Vienna (AT))
The sterilization of medical products by ionizing radiation is a well-established industrial process in a number of technologically advanced countries. It is indeed encouraging to note the rate of growth experienced during the past fifteen years. Starting with the first
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1975 - Volume 17, Issue 6 | by Author not available
The need for nuclear power in the developing world has been highlighted by the oil price increase, so that in addition to the ten developing countries which already have nuclear power plants in operation or under construction, it can be expected that another 20 and/or 30
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1975 - Volume 17, Issue 6 | by Author not available
With the ever-increasing world food crisis mankind has to face today, the prevention of spoilage of perishable food is gaining in momentum. The World Food Conference (Rome, November 1974) of the United Nations clearly recognized the importance of food preservation and urged
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1975 - Volume 17, Issue 6 | by Author not available
Geothermal steam, often reaching temperatures of 250 deg. to 300 deg. C, always was and is especially now one of the most economical sources of energy. The steam, extracted from wells reaching a depth of 500 m to 1500 m in most cases, is directly conveyed to turbines to produce
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1975 - Volume 17, Issue 6 | by Author not available
The International Atomic Energy Agency, along with other national and international bodies, has been devoting much attention in recent years to achieving agreement on procedures for establishing limits on the amounts of radioactive material that can be released to the
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1975 - Volume 17, Issue 6 | by Author not available
The Agency and many of its Member States have constantly worked toward the development of effective and acceptable international safeguards systems, procedures, and equipment. The year 1975 marks both the fifth anniversary of the coming into force of the Non-Proliferation
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