1981 - Volume 23, Issue 1 | by Gonfiantini, R. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Research and Labs.) Newspapers and magazines from time to time write about the enormous reserves of water stored underground in the Sahara, whose rational exploitation would allow the agricultural development of the desert. Although the practical implementation of such projects is rather
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1981 - Volume 23, Issue 1 | by Barker, R. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Protection) The number of shipments of radioactive material is increasing steadily - some estimates indicate by about 10 per cent a year. Several million packages are already shipped about the world each year and this number will increase at least for the next 10 years. Part of this
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1981 - Volume 23, Issue 1 | by Zheludev, I.S.; Romanenko, A.G. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)) Librarians, researchers, and information specialists throughout the world now have the opportunity for direct access to coverage of almost 95% of the world's literature dealing with the peaceful uses of atomic energy and nuclear science. This opportunity has been provided by the
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1981 - Volume 23, Issue 1 | by Baeckmann, A. von (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)) The objective of international non-proliferation policy is to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons. To this end a comprehensive system of international agreements and treaties has been established during the last 25 years, which incorporates an international system for
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1981 - Volume 23, Issue 1 | by Blackstein, F.P. (Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, Ontario. Chalk River Nuclear Labs.) Until recently the public had little time for, or interest in, studying scientific developments. Details on topics such as medical research, energy developments and communications advances were left to scientific journals and specialist conferences. For the most part the public
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1981 - Volume 23, Issue 1 | by Walton, A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Monaco-Ville (Monaco). Lab. of Marine Radioactivity) It is only during the past three decades that international interest has focused on the need to manage and nurture one of our most valued resources - the oceans. In spite of this growing recognition, however, it is only during the past ten years that international agreement has
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1981 - Volume 23, Issue 1 | by Author not available A cynic might have summed up the Second NPT* Review Conference as an episode in the long history of the Conference on Disarmament and a curtain raiser for the IAEA's newly established Committee on Assurances of Supply (CAS).
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