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International Atomic Energy Agency: see Atomic Energy Agency, International Atomic Energy Agency, International, intergovernmental organization established in 1957 under the aegis of the United Nations to promote the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Its headquarters are in Vienna. ..... Click the link for more information. . International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)International organization officially founded in 1957 to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Based in Vienna, its activities include research on the applicability of nuclear energy to medicine, agriculture, water resources, and industry; provision of technical assistance; development of radiation safeguards; and public relations programs. Following the Persian Gulf War, IAEA inspectors were called on to certify that Iraq was not manufacturing nuclear weapons. The IAEA and its director general, Mohamed ElBaradei, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2005. |
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| India refuses to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, but still gets the best advanced nuclear technology without inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Independent radiation scientists from the UK have accused the United Nation's sponsored International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) of downplaying the impact of the Chernobyl disaster. On April 25, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, said that Iran would suspend its relations with the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency if the UN imposes sanctions on his country, reported Agence France-Presse. |
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