1985 - Volume 27, Issue 2 | by Blix, H. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria))
It deserves re-emphasizing that the first and most important obstacle to the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a matter of political judgement and determination. Safeguards cannot prevent a violation of obligations... any more than bank or company audits can prevent a
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1985 - Volume 27, Issue 2 | by Velez Ocon, C. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Dept. of Technical Co-operation)
The IAEA technical co-operation programme promotes nuclear techniques and technologies in the developing countries. The Statute, the NPT, and the Revised Guiding Principles all reflect the desire of countries to foster an international climate where it will be unacceptable for a
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1985 - Volume 27, Issue 2 | by Houck, F.S. (United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Washington, DC)
During negotiations of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) concerns were expressed by non-nuclear-weapon States that their acceptance of Agency safeguards would put them at a disadvantage vis-a-vis the nuclear-weapon States. To allay these concerns, the
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1985 - Volume 27, Issue 2 | by Haginoya, T. (Nuclear Material Control Center, Tokyo (Japan))
Long before concluding its safeguards agreement, Japan established a national system of safeguards. This system includes examination of design information, maintenance of records, and submission of reports to permit nuclear material accounting for Japan, inspection by Japan's
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1985 - Volume 27, Issue 2 | by Strelkov, D.; Kashirsky, A. (Gosudarstvennyj Komitet po Ispol'zovaniyu Atomnoj Ehnergii SSSR, Moscow); Schaer, R.; Hagis, W.; Fager, J. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria))
Continuous training is provided to IAEA inspector personnel to assure their proficiency in carrying out the mission of the Agency in prohibiting the potential diversion of nuclear material. The number and complexity of nuclear facilities under safeguards have increased since the
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1985 - Volume 27, Issue 2 | by Delcoigne, G. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Public Information)
Since the last NPT Review Conference in 1980 and especially in the past two to three years, an increasing number of studies, publications, and books have appeared on nuclear non-proliferation. In this paper 14 books are reviewed
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1985 - Volume 27, Issue 2 | by Author not available
The States concluding this Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the "Parties to the Treaty". Considering the devastation that would be visited upon all mankind by a nuclear war and the consequent need to make every effort to avert the danger of such a war and to take measures to
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1985 - Volume 27, Issue 2 | by Heinonen, J. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Fuel Cycle); Gera, F. (Instituto Sperimentale Modelli e Strutture, S.p.A. (ISMES), Rome (Italy))
To facilitate the performance assessment of underground repositories the relevant phenomena are divided into near-field and far-field ones. This article discusses processes taking place in the near-field in different host rocks and with different disposal concepts. Near-field
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1985 - Volume 27, Issue 2 | by Strba, J. (Ceskoslovenska Komise pro Atomovou Energii, Prague)
The use of atomic energy in the national economy of Czechoslovakia has increased demand for the transport of radioactive materials. The regulations, packages, transport of spent fuels, unsealed and sealed radioactive sources and experience acquired with the transport of
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1985 - Volume 27, Issue 2 | by Flakus, F.N. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety)
The control of internal radiation exposure is a very complex task that deserves emphasis in any occupational radiation protection programme. The reports presented at the last International Symposium on Radioactive Contamination in Man, held in Paris 19-23 November 1984, revealed
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