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| The Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, through its Major Programme, aims to enhance the capacity of Member States to meet basic human needs, and to protect the marine and terrestrial environments from pollutants, particularly radioactive pollutants, through the integration of nuclear and isotopic techniques where these have comparative advantages into sustainable development programmes. | |
The Major Programme on Nuclear Techniques for Development and Environmental Protection |
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The World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002, reinforced calls first made at the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992) for co-operation among
States to strengthen national capacity building for sustainable development by improving scientific understanding through exchanges of scientific and technological knowledge.
It re-affirmed the Agenda 21 Action Plan and the priorities identified in the Millennium Declaration. Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and Bio-diversity, known as the WEHAB
topics, emerged as key areas for action. WEHAB issues are addressed through the Agency’s Major Programme on Nuclear Techniques for Development and Environmental Protection, which is managed by the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications. Nuclear and isotope techniques, either on their own or appropriately integrated with other technologies, can provide unique solutions to the problems. The techniques are utilised in the programmes as contributions to agricultural productivity and food security, improvement of human health, increased availability of water resources and protection of the marine and terrestrial environments. They enhance the contribution of nuclear sciences and applications to sustainable development objectives by strengthening national research and development capacities. Staff in the Department are also responsible for a nuclear science programme located in a major programme managed by the Department of Nuclear Energy. A unique feature of this Major Programme on Nuclear Techniques for Development and Environmental Protection is the experimental contributions provided by the IAEA Laboratories (Seibersdorf and Vienna) and the Monaco Marine Environmental Laboratory (IAEA-MEL). The Major Programme is comprised of five individual programmes, in the areas of:
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| A Strategy for Nuclear Sciences and Applications | |
| To implement the programmes the Department has developed a strategy, taking advice from its Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Applications (SAGNA), which is a group appointed by the Director General of the IAEA to provide programmatic and policy advice on the use of nuclear applications and sciences. Werner Burkart, Head of Department and Deputy Director General, said that the strategy is vital to guide the Department in meeting Member States priority needs in an efficient and effective way. He emphasised that the strategy is intended to be a visionary and flexible tool, setting objectives, defining the means to achieve them and the outcomes that are expected, but at the same time remaining flexible and responsive as situations demand. | |
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