1982 - Volume 24, Issue 1 | by Blix, H. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria))
Public acceptance of and opposition to nuclear power varies significantly from country to country. However, in all countries there seem to be three decisive elements affecting public confidence: (1) concern about the safe operation of reactors. (2) concern about the safe
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1982 - Volume 24, Issue 1 | by Author not available
The development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes has had a series of big international scientific and technical conferences as major milestones. The first was, of course, the United Nations Geneva Conference in 1955, which released a wealth of information which had
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1982 - Volume 24, Issue 1 | by Rosen, M. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety)
This article discusses the current nuclear safety activities at the IAEA, and perhaps of more interest, the new initiatives which arose from the lessons learned at Three Mile Island. To start with, it will be useful to dwell briefly on the character of the IAEA as an
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1982 - Volume 24, Issue 1 | by Beckurts, K.H. (Siemens A.G., Muenchen (Germany, F.R.))
The establishment of six nuclear research laboratories in the Federal Republic of Germany in the years 1956-60 is outlined. Originally the laboratories were oriented to fission technology, nuclear ship-propulsion, radiation research and plasma physics. Now, twenty years later,
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1982 - Volume 24, Issue 1 | by Holm, N.W. (Danish Steel Works Ltd., Frederiksvaerk)
The Danish Atomic Energy Commission was enacted in 1955 and the Risoe National Laboratory was rapidly built up as a nuclear research laboratory allowed to deal with all avenues of research employing nuclear tools or methodology. Because of various economic and political
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1982 - Volume 24, Issue 1 | by Osredkar, M. (Ljubljana Univ. (Yugoslavia))
An outline is given of the development of the five research institutes founded in Yugoslavia in the years 1947-51 to carry out nuclear research in its widest sense. As importance of the nuclear programme declined in the 1960s, the research projects were reoriented and a closer
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1982 - Volume 24, Issue 1 | by Suschny, O. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Seibersdorf (Austria). Laboratories)
The laboratories of the International Atomic Energy Agency were started in 1959 with a physics laboratory, a chemistry laboratory and an electronics workshop. Early work centred on absolute radionuclide calibrations and on assessments of the consequences of radioactive fallout
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1982 - Volume 24, Issue 1 | by Hamende, A. (International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy))
The International Centre for Theoretical Physics, located in Trieste, Italy, is supported by income from the Italian Government, from UNESCO and from the IAEA. The Centre organizes research sessions, workshops and extended courses on advanced topics in the physical and
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