1987 - Volume 29, Issue 3 | by Perez de Cuellar, J. (United Nations, New York (USA))
In the message sent by the United Nations Secretary General for the 30th Anniversary of the IAEA, the major role played by the IAEA in fostering the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and technology through international cooperation and by helping to ensure that peaceful nuclear
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 3 | by Khan, M.A. (Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad)
The Chairman of the IAEA Board of Governors reviews the Agency's evolution at the time of its 30th Anniversary. The formative years of the Agency, the expansion of its activities for the safe promotion of nuclear energy and technology in developing countries through
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 3 | by Blix, H. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria))
The main challenges before the Agency for the next 10 years are presented by the IAEA Director General as follows: to facilitate further development and application of nuclear isotope and radiation techniques where they are viable and needed, to help maintain and expand the
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 3 | by Papadimitropoulos, T. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria))
The relations of the IAEA with the United Nations, with subsidiary UN organs, with other UN specialized agencies, with intergovernmental organizations and with non-governmental organizations are briefly described
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 3 | by Char, N.L.; Csik, B.J. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Power)
The history of nuclear power development is briefly described (including the boosts from oil price shocks to the promotion of nuclear energy). The role of public opinion in relation to nuclear power is mentioned too, in particular in connection with accidents in nuclear plants.
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 3 | by Danesi, P.R. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Seibersdorf (Austria). Laboratories)
The main research activities performed at the IAEA laboratories at Seibersdorf in the Agriculture Laboratory, Physics-Chemistry-Instrumentation Laboratory and Safeguards Analytical Laboratory, as well as the training activities are briefly described
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 3 | by Gruemm, H. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Dept. of Safeguards)
This article tells the story of IAEA's safeguards right from 1958 (when a small division of safeguards was established starting from scratch) till the present: The existence of an international verification system as an important component of a nuclear-weapon free world. The
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 3 | by Ridwan, M. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria))
The main objective of the IAEA technical co-operation activities is to assist the Member States in achieving self-reliance in the use of nuclear science and technology for the country's overall development into four major areas: basic human needs, industrial applications,
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 3 | by Sigurbjoernsson, B.; LaChance, L.E. (Joint FAO/IAEA Div. of Isotope and Radiation Applications of Atomic Energy for Food and Agricultural Development, Vienna (Austria))
This article briefly describes the work carried out in the Joint FAO/IAEA division at the Seibersdorf Laboratories and the field application of the results
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1987 - Volume 29, Issue 3 | by Nofal, M. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Life Sciences)
Over the past three decades, the IAEA has built up a range of co-operative projects and programmes that basically cover: Nuclear medicine, nuclear analytic techniques, radiation biology, and dosimetry. The article briefly describes the work carried out in the different fields
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