The IAEA At WorkAtoms for Peace

The Manhattan Project

As the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded,

we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words: “My God, what have we done?”

Capt Robert Lewis,

co-pilot of the Enola Gay

The Nuclear Age

Duality of Nuclear Technology

The IAEA and its mission

Maximizing the contribution of nuclear technology to the world

while verifying its peaceful use

The Non-Proliferation Treaty

IAEA Mission and Activities

Safeguards & Verification

Safety & Security

Science & Technology

Safeguards & Verification

How do IAEA inspectors work?

Safeguards Analytical Laboratory

Safety & Security

Nuclear Safety

• over 440 nuclear power reactors in operation worldwide

• 1000s of uses of radioactive materials in: • Industry

• Medicine

• Agriculture

• Mineral exploration

Nuclear Security: The Terrorist Threat

• Attack or sabotage of nuclear facility

• Dirty Bomb, RDD (Radiological Dispersal Device)

• Construction of a simple nuclear explosion device

Science & Technology

Science & Technology

• Water resource management: Isotope hydrology

• Pest control: Sterile insect technique

• Food safety: Irradiation

• Environmental management: Pollution control

• Cancer treatment: Radiotherapy

• Nuclear Medicine: Diagnostics

Technical Cooperation:Addresses critical problems in developing nations

• Contaminated drinking water

• Infectious diseases: TB, AIDS

• Malaria and Sleeping Sickness

• Malnutrition and food scarcity

• Pollution

• Shortage of knowledge and skills

IAEA at a Glance

• Founded in 1957

• Over 150 Member States

• 2300 professional and support staff

• 2 scientific laboratories and research centres

• Headquarters in Vienna; offices in Tokyo, Toronto, Geneva and New York

for further information, visit:www.iaea.org