Factsheets & FAQs
IAEA Factsheets
IAEA fact sheets, flyers, and FAQs offer snapshots of the Agency´s work, and topical overviews in fields of safety and security, safeguards and verification, and science and technology. These online resources - many in multiple language versions - are listed below, by major topic and year.
IAEA Facts & Profiles
- IAEA Primer (2006), in
English, French, German, Russian and Spanish - IAEA At Work (2004)
- Member States (2003)
- FAQs on IAEA Coordinated Research Projects (2002)
- IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) Factsheets
Safeguards & Verification
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Chronology of Events, (1945-Present)
- Safeguards & Additional Protocols
- NPT Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement - Overview of Status
- The IAEA Safeguards Analytical Laboratory (2007), in
English, French, Russian and Spanish - Tools for Nuclear Inspection (2004)
- IAEA Safeguards: Stemming the Spread of Nuclear Weapons (2002)
- IAEA Inspections in Iraq in the 1990s (2000)
Safety & Security
- The Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) (2007), in
English, French, Russian and Spanish - How Safe is Nuclear Energy? (2006)
- Fact Sheet on Polonium-210 (2006)
- Radioactive Sources Q&A (2006)
- Promoting Nuclear Security: What the IAEA is Doing (2006), in
English, French, Russian and Spanish - IAEA Database on Illicit Trafficking: 2005 | 2004 [pdf]
- Promoting Safety in Nuclear Installations (2003), in
English, French, Russian and Spanish
- Depleted Uranium FAQs (2003)
- Depleted Uranium, (2002) in
English, French, Russian and Spanish - Chernobyl Q&A (2001)
- The International Nuclear Event Scale (1999)
- Managing Radioactive Waste (1998)
- Radiation and Waste Safety (1996)
- Safer Nuclear Power (1998)
Science & Technology
Food & Agriculture
- Irradiation for Food Safety (2003)
- Improving Productivity in Agriculture, (2002) in
English, French, Russian and Spanish - Sorghum and Rice: Mali (1999)
- Facts About Food Irradiation (1999)
- Rinderpest Surveillance (1998)
- Biofertilizer for Food Legumes: Bangladesh (1998)
- Eradicating Tsetse from the Southern Rift Valley of Ethiopia (1998)
- Eradication of New World Screwworm from Jamaica (1998)
- Eradicating the Tsetse Fly on Zanzibar Island (1997)
- Productive Use of Saline Lands (1997)
- Tsetse Eradication: Zanzibar (1996)
- Fruit Fly Eradication: Argentina (1996)
Human Health
- Depleted Uranium FAQs (2003)
- Depleted Uranium, (2002) in
English, French, Russian and Spanish - Improving Human Health, (2002) in
English, French, Russian and Spanish - Human Communicable Diseases (2002)
- FAQs on Nutrition & Health-Related Environmental Studies (2002)
- FAQs on Nuclear Medicine (2002)
- FAQs on Radiation Biology and Radiotherapy (2002)
- FAQs on Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics (2002)
- Applications of Nuclear Techniques in Medicine, (1999) in
English, French and Spanish - Child Nutrition in Senegal (1998)
- Child Nutrition: Peru (1998)
- Screening for Health: Tunisia (1998)
- Tissue Bank: Sri Lanka (1997)
- Radiation in Every Day Life (1996)
Isotope Hydrology & Water Resources
- Managing Water Resources Using Isotope Hydrology (2002), in
English, French, Russian and Spanish - Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Bangladesh (2002)
- Water Resources for Africa (2000)
- Investigating Leaks in Dams and Reservoirs (1998)
- Groundwater Resources in Southern and Eastern Africa (1998)
Nuclear Data & Information
- FAQs on the International Nuclear Information System (INIS) (2002)
- The IAEA Nuclear Data Programme (2001)
Nuclear Technologies & Development
- Capacity Building for Sustainable Energy Development, (2002) in
English, French, Russian and Spanish - Nuclear Power and Sustainable Development, (2002) in
English, French, Russian and Spanish - Indicators for Sustainable Energy Development (2002) in
English, French, Russian and Spanish - Clean Air for Poland (1999)
- Advanced Reactors,(1998) in
English, French, and Spanish - Electricity, Nuclear Power and the Global Environment (1994), in
English, French and Spanish - Nuclear Techniques and the IAEA (1994), in
English, French, and Spanish - Atomic Energy and the Environment (1991)
Radioactive Waste
- Managing Radioactive Waste (1998)
- Radioactive Waste Management (1997)
