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Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safety: Challenges Facing the International Atomic Energy Agency

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 22, 1993
Report No. NSIAD/RCED-93-284
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Summary:

The discovery of Iraq's nuclear weapons program, North Korea's refusal to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to conduct nuclear inspections, and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident have focused attention on nuclear proliferation and the safety of nuclear power plants. These issues are of particular concern to IAEA, whose main duties are verifying the peaceful use of nuclear material and promoting nuclear energy. This report examines the (1) effectiveness of IAEA's safeguards program and the adequacy of program funding, (2) management of U.S. technical assistance to IAEA's safeguards program, (3) effectiveness of IAEA's program for advising member states about the safety of nuclear power plants, and (4) adequacy of program funding.

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