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2 July 2013

Practice Makes Perfect: Moldova Tests Its Nuclear Security Response

The possibility that nuclear or other radioactive material could be used for malicious purposes is real.<br><br>

This calls for a collective commitment to the control of and accountancy for material, as well as to adequate levels of protection in order to prevent criminal or unauthorized access to the material or associated facilities.<br><br>

Sharing of knowledge and experience, coordination among States and collaboration with other international organizations, initiatives, and industries support an effective international nuclear security framework.

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1 July 2013

IAEA Nuclear Security: Working to Build a Global Response to a Global Threat

The IAEA helps its Member States find long-term solutions for the safe and secure storage of disused sealed radioactive sources. This photo essay documents a successful source conditioning project in the Philippines.

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22 May 2013

Nuclear Security in Action: Mobile Hot Cell in Manila

Ionizing radiation is used in agriculture - to prevent sprouting or ripening, to eliminate pathogens that can cause sickness in humans, and to kill insects that can disrupt the ecosystems of importing countries. <br /><br />(Photo: T. Kalapurackal)

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25 April 2013

Just The Right Amount: Using Dosimetry to Measure Absorbed Radiation

When IAEA Safety Standards and experience come together - Strengthening the Nuclear Regulatory Framework through IRRS Missions.

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9 April 2013

Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS)

Nuclear technology has the potential to save lives, make food and medical supplies safer and produce energy. But it is also the basis for the development of nuclear weapons. One of the IAEA's core functions is to confirm that countries are abiding by their obligations not to use nuclear materials or equipment to produce nuclear explosive devices. To verify that nuclear materials are used solely for peaceful purposes, the IAEA has developed a safeguards system based on legal Safeguards Agreements.

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15 March 2013

Safeguards Inspectors in Action: Behind the Scenes at Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant

Two years after the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, work continues to ensure the damaged units remain stable and to prepare for the long and challenging task of decommissioning.

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11 March 2013

Fukushima Daiichi: Two Years On

Using nuclear techniques to address the double burden of malnutrition in children in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Uso de técnicas nucleares para abordar la doble carga de malnutrición en ni?os en Latino América y el Caribe.

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14 February 2013

Addressing Malnutrition Using Nuclear Techniques

'Unless we take urgent action, by 2030 over 13 million people will die from cancer every year. The majority of these deaths will occur in developing countries.' <br />- IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano

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4 February 2013

Did You Know? IAEA Helps Fight Cancer

As we bid farewell to the year 2012, here is a recap of the stories and images that punctuated the last twelve months, as they relate to developments in the IAEA's work to promote the peaceful applications of nuclear technology for mankind's benefit. (Text: Rodolfo Quevenco; Cover Photo: Kresimir Nikolic; Other Photos, unless otherwise credited: Dean Calma)

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27 December 2012

Highlights of 2012

When the first concrete was poured on the u-shaped building that would house the 'First IAEA Laboratory', hopes were high that this facility would usher in an influx of scientific activity that would would benefit communities around the globe.

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28 November 2012

Seibersdorf Laboratories 50 Years Ago

The eight nuclear applications laboratories in Seibersdorf today represent a dynamic hub, where scientists, technicians, fellows, interns and students from all over the world
work and collaborate to apply the benefits of nucler technology in solving day-to-day social and economic problems.

Photo Credit: Dean Calma and Kresimir Nikolic / IAEA

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28 November 2012

Photo essays

Practice Makes Perfect: Moldova Tests Its Nuclear Security Response

IAEA Nuclear Security: Working to Build a Global Response to a Global Threat

Nuclear Security in Action: Mobile Hot Cell in Manila

Just The Right Amount: Using Dosimetry to Measure Absorbed Radiation

Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS)

Safeguards Inspectors in Action: Behind the Scenes at Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant

Fukushima Daiichi: Two Years On

Addressing Malnutrition Using Nuclear Techniques

Did You Know? IAEA Helps Fight Cancer

Highlights of 2012

Seibersdorf Laboratories 50 Years Ago

Eight Laboratories, Eight Stories of Success in Development

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