The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded 60 years after the first atomic bombs fell on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more than 200,000 people; the peace prize raises the hopes of those working to rejuvenate global efforts to prevent the spread and development of nuclear arms. This article profiles the ...

This article examines the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in enforcing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, especially with regard to Iran. It examines the failures of the agency in Iraq and North Korea (DPRK) and what the IAEA is trying to do differently so that it does not fail in Iran. The author describes the current situation in ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), headquartered in Vienna, Austria, was established in 1957 to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to discourage its military use. The agency's success in halting nuclear proliferation and in enhancing nuclear safeguards and security have been recognized internationally, including with the ...

The offical Nobel Prize website, with links for all awardees by discipline and year, women Nobel Laureates, and related resoruces. "Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is ...

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The publication briefly describes the 'peaceful universe' and the work carries out by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), UN organisation responsible for accelerating and enlarging the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperi...

Nobel e-Museum aims to provide easy access to information about scientific and literary achievements as well as peace efforts, and stimulate student interest in the Nobel Prize. The site features sections of Nobel prizes, a biography on Alfred Nobel, prize awarders, nominations, prize ...

Mar 19, 2010 ... and Education Experience, or INSPIRE, project at Kennedy. During her internship, .... of President Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace ...

, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize

The IAEA Medium Term Strategy (2006-2011) defines a number of specific goals in respect to the IAEA's ability to provide assurances to the international community regarding the peaceful use of nuclear energy through States adherences to their respective n...

... Abstract : The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has the dual role of promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and verifying that ...

"Alfred Nobel's greatness lay in his ability to combine the penetrating mind of the scientist and inventor with the forward-looking dynamism of the industrialist. Nobel was very interested in social and peace-related issues and held what were considered radical views in his era. He had a great interest in literature and wrote his own ...

The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Martin Luther King on December 10, 1964 and his Nobel Lecture was presented the following day. This site has the text of his lecture, a partial sound recording, along with a biography, accepatance speech, FAQs and other resources.

Einstein was not only an extraordinary scientist, but also a person who faced his social responsibilities determinedly. The main focus of this book is put on topical articles by Scientific and Peace Nobel Prize laureates, prominent scientists and those committed to peace issues and justice, as well as citizens engagement for ...

Dec 17, 2007 ... NASA's Earth scientists watched with pride when the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and a United ...

This website, the official site of the Nobel Foundation, contains extensive information and over 7,000 documents pertaining to Nobel laureates and the Nobel Prize. The site covers all the categories for which Nobel Prizes are awarded: physics, chemistry, literature, peace, economics, and ...

Nov 6, 2007... climate from 1880 through the present, and made projections of 21st century climate. ... co-recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. ...

"Dynasty" was the most watched TV show. Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize. lJ.S Department of the Interior. U.S Geological Survey.

Ceremony for His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama and fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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Dec 12, 2008... which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. ... once every 10 years, or even annually, by the second half of the 21st century. ...

Nov 6, 2007... climate from 1880 through the present, and made projections of 21st century climate. ... co-recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. ...

Oct 23, 2007... a co-recipient earlier this month of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. ... global warming and precipitation increases during the 21st century. ...

's School of Cinematic Arts' Writing Division 2009 � S Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a 1984 Nobel Peace Prize

The desire to extend the many benefits of the peaceful uses of nuclear technology to all countries led as long ago as 1957 to the establishment of the IAEA and to immediate introduction of a technical co-operation programme. In the more than thirty years ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has the charter to ''foster the exchange of scientific and technical information'', and ''encourage and assist research on, and development and practical application of, atomic energy for peaceful uses through...

Ask how effective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear safeguards are in blocking proliferation, and you are sure to get a set of predictable reactions. Those skeptical of the system will complain that IAEA inspections are too sketchy to ferr...

This booklet describes the role of IAEA verification activities, or safeguards, in the non-proliferation regime and shows how safeguards provide confidence that States fulfill the obligations they have undertaken in relation to the peaceful use of atomic ...

This compilation of essays assesses arms control treaties of the 1980s and reports on developments in nuclear science relevant to improving verification capabilities at that time. The essays were originally presented at the Workshop on Verification of Nuclear and Conventional Arms Reductions held in London in 1988. Of the eight topic areas in the book, three concern nuclear matters: the role of ...

This extensive account of the first forty years of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) describes the history of the agency, the evolution of nuclear arms control, and the major events that have affected the public�s confidence in nuclear safety. The IAEA is an international organization that encourages the peaceful ...

Timeline as part of The Nobel Prize Website on its founder, Alfred Nobel. Obtains first patent on nitroglycerine (blasting oil) as an industrial explosive. Develops and patents an igniter (blasting cap) for triggering the explosion of nitroglycerine. Moves to Stockholm and continues experiments. He obtained the patent in 1867. "Alfred ...

... Abstract : Ask how effective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear safeguards are in blocking proliferation, and you are sure to get a ...

Nobel Laureate e-Museum's Educational section provides historical and scientific background information on inventions by those who have been honored with the Nobel Laureates in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace over the years. For example, from this website, visitors can read about Nobel Laureate ...

In his opening remarks the author spoke on the role of IAEA safeguards in the process of international verification and confidence building that peaceful nuclear programmes are not used for the production of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devi...

The authors randomly selected 50 Nobel Peace Prize speeches and content analyzed them to determine which values the speakers extolled most frequently. The 10 most frequently mentioned values were peace (in 100% of the speeches), hope (92%), security (86%), justice (85%), responsibility (81%), liberty (80%), tolerance (79%), altruism ...

A review of the development of the International Atomic Energy Agency from President Eisenhower's 1953 Atoms for Peace proposal through development of the IAEA safeguards approach in the official documents (The Statute, INFCIRC/66 and 153), and related initiators, such as the Nuclear Supplier State Agreement (INFCE/254), The International Nuclear ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is unique among international organizations in its use of on-site inspections to verify that States are in compliance with the terms of a negotiated agreement. The legal basis for the inspections is agreements between the IAEA and the State, concluded in the framework of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, for ...

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Govermental Affairs asked the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) to review the safeguards and nuclear power plant safety programs of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This report examines (1) the effectiveness of IAEA`s safeguards program and the adequacy of program funding, (2) the management ...

This book presents the findings of a review done by The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) to assess the International Atomic Energy Agency�s (IAEA) effectiveness. It delineates recommendations to improve the IAEA�s ability to enforce the provisions of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and account for nuclear materials. Specific ...

This book provides an extensive history of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from the ideas that guided its formation, as proposed by U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower in 1953, through 1997. The document is divided into three parts: the first part narrates the creation of the IAEA, the second part focuses on the operations and actions of the ...

Presents several practical ideas for making peace a priority within the classroom. Shares stories of a high school and an elementary school where peace projects have flourished. The elementary project involved planting a tree germinated from a Japanese tree that had survived the atomic bomb. The high school project involved apprenticing teenagers worldwide ...

President Obama in his recent speeches, those given in December 2009, first at the United States Military Academy at West Point and later as he accepted his Nobel Peace Prize, surprised both liberals and conservatives with his forceful repudiation of terr...

with the Muslim world of 1.5 billion people. "Sci- entopolitics" is a term that may become part of the lexicon of peace and prosperity. The material standard of living was on the rise, democracy flour- ished with the first Nobel Prizes in 1901. Science and technology played a pivotal role in this progress. In the 1990s

Medal to be awarded to Archbishop Desmond Tutu Nobel Peace Prize winner and South Afri- can cleric Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be awarded the eighteenth University of Michigan Wallenberg Medal by UM presi- dent Mary Sue Coleman. After the medal presentation, Archbishop Tutu will give the Wallenberg Lecture

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This article looks at the life of Professor Charles Richet (1850-1935), a distinguished medical scientist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1913 for his work on anaphylaxis. He was also an aeroplane engineer, an investigator of psychic phenomena, active in the medical and international peace movement as a member of the leading ...

The maintenance of effective international safeguards is a fundamental tenet of U.S. non-proliferation policy. The U.S. Department of State plays a substantial role not only in articulating U.S. non-proliferation policy, but in the implementation of that policy, including a substantial role in all aspects of U.S. support of IAEA safeguards. The State Department's role ...

The safeguards implemented by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are of major importance to the non-proliferation objectives of the United States of America and other nations of the world. Assurance of safeguards effectiveness is mandatory to continued peaceful use of nuclear power. To enhance the ability of the IAEA to ...

This book is a compilation of the writings of physician, theologian, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Albert Schweitzer concerning nuclear war and peace in the atomic age. The book is organized into three sections: Addresses, Letters, and Legacy. The first section contains four addresses: Schweitzer�s speech on receipt of a ...

Nuclear industries which are major energy suppliers require cooperation with nuclear superpowers in the areas of technology, facilities and nuclear fuels. These countries and IAEA require implementation of physical protection to guarantee peaceful use of ...

Since 1958, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, has been providing nuclear technical assistance to its member states through projects that supply equipment, expert services, and training. The Un...

Origin of safeguards system and of comprehensive safeguards agreements, assurance given by IAEA safeguards, penalties and sanctions in case of breach of a safeguards agreement, recent experiences with Iraq, South Africa and DPRK as well as limits of the s...

In this book, the author assesses the structure and functions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), identifies key issues confronting the agency today, and offers recommendations for dealing with the challenges it faces. The author traces the background and origins of the IAEA from the Baruch Plan, through Atoms for Peace, ...

A key mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy through its Technical Cooperation (TC) program, which provides equipment, training, fellowships, and other services to its member states. The U...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has the charter to foster the exchange of scientific and technical information'', and encourage and assist research on, and development and practical application of, atomic energy for peaceful uses throughout the world''. This paper describes the Agency's ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has the charter to ``foster the exchange of scientific and technical information``, and ``encourage and assist research on, and development and practical application of, atomic energy for peaceful uses throughout the world``. This paper describes the Agency`s activities in Gas-cooled Reactor (GCR) technology ...

Under the provisions of the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons and other agreements with states, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conducts inspections at nuclear facilities to confirm that their operation is consistent with the peaceful use of nuclear material. The Department of Safeguards at the IAEA is ...

The Safeguards Department of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conducts inspections to assure the peaceful use of a state's nuclear materials and facilities. Because of limited resources for conducting inspections, the careful disposition of inspection effort among these facilities is essential if the IAEA is to ...

On the 13th of September, 1974, the IAEA Governors' Council has given its consent to the programme for the establishment of safety codes and guides (annex VII to IAEA document G.C. (XVIII/526)). The programme envisages the establishment of one code of practice for each of the issues governmental organization, siting, design, operation ...

Engineering Pathway's "Today in History" for July 14. Excerpt: "Today in History - July 14, 1867 - Nobel first demonstrates dynamite. While in Paris, Nobel came to work with Ascanio Sobrero, the inventor of nitroglycerine. Though it was ten times stronger that black powder, it was highly unstable. Nobel was intrigued with ...

Securing a Peaceful and Free World Through Technology Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated Agency (IAEA). In addition, he is the senior executive accountable for the science and technology base and Materials Society). Dr. Romig is also Fellow and former President of ASM, International (formerly American

Discusses the developers/development, maintainers, and users of the digital collection on peaceful uses of nuclear energy, produced by the International Nuclear Information System (INIS) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Sensitive to users in both developing and highly developed countries, this system provides closer linkage between the ...

Presented in February by the National Library of Medicine, the latest Profiles in Science highlights the achievements made by the chemist Linus Pauling. Pauling won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances. He also won the 1962 ...

In the fall of 2007, the Nobel Committee awarded their Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (a scientific intergovernmental body set up by the World Meteorological Organization and by the United Nations Environment Program) and to former Vice-President Al Gore, Jr. The committee praised the United Nations panel for creating an "ever ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency is undertaking a program for strengthening its safeguards on the recognition that safeguards must give assurance not only of the non-diversion of declared material or that declared facilities are not being misused, but also of the absence of any undeclared nuclear activities in States which have signed comprehensive safeguards agreements with the Agency. The ...

The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II inaugurated a new era in world history, the atomic age. After the war, the Soviet Union, eager to develop the same military capabilities as those demonstrated by the United States, soon rivaled the U.S. as an atomic and nuclear superpower. Faced by the possibility of destruction by nuclear weapons, the nations of the world ...

Including contributions from over fifty of his closest friends and colleagues, this book is a loving and informative tribute to Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov, physicist, human rights activist, and winner of the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize. In addition to dedicating much of his life to promoting peace and encouraging nuclear disarmament, ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has the charter to foster the exchange of scientific and technical information, and encourage and assist research on, and development and practical application of, atomic energy for peaceful uses throughout the world. This paper describes the IAEA's activities in gas-cooled reactor ...

This book discusses the nature of the international nuclear energy hierarchy and the need for the revitalization of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by the United States during the 1980s. The book details both the significant elements of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and its role in the development of a relatively stable global system managing nuclear ...

Regional cooperation in radioactive waste management (RWM) in the Asian and Oceanic countries has been successfully developing for more than 20 y. At present, the Asian and Oceanic countries recognise that there are several projects under the regional cooperation, such as the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA), the Asian Nuclear Safety Network (ANSN) and the International Atomic Energy ...

This is the International Nuclear Information System (INIS) and Nuclear Knowledge Management (NKM) section of the International Atomic Energy Agency�s (IAEA) website. The INIS is the world�s leading source of scientific literature on peaceful uses of nuclear technology, and both INIS and NKM assist IAEA member states in managing ...

When the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize would be shared by Al Gore, the former U.S. vice president, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the award implicitly celebrated a third party--academic institutions. Much of the research on global warming has come from university scientists, and ...

skills and reading strategies through #12;detailed study of the plays, from early comedies to later, Christianity, and Islam and a cultural touchstone for many people professing other religions or none at all the development of tragedy and comedy through Shakespeare, Moli�re, Racine, and into late nineteenth and twentieth

CONTENTS: Item 1. Environmental Security Focus of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007. Item 2. Space-based Solar Power Has Significant Environmental Security Potential. Item 3. France Could Add Teeth to the Kyoto Protocol. Item 4. President Putin Cites Environ...

in the Pledge of Allegiance. Moment of Silent Reflection: MEMBERS PRESENT (First Roll Call): Senators AnguloJam and they are bringing Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchu to campus where she will hold a public talk school and continue that leadership here at FSU. He announced the following: Campus Leaders Breakfast

This online article is from the Museum's Seminars on Science, a series of distance-learning courses designed to help educators meet the new national science standards. "Profile: Albert Einstein," part of the Frontiers in Physical Science seminar, briefly covers Einstein's life and work including his Special Theory of Relativity and the paper that gave the world E=mc², his ...

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@msu.edu. Wallenberg Medal to be awarded to Archbishop Desmond Tutu Oct 29, 2008, 7:30pm at the University of Michigan Nobel Peace Prize winner and South African cleric Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be awarded the eighteenth in Hill Auditorium on the University of Michigan campus. After the medal presentation, Archbishop Tutu

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Most of this hearings record is devoted to brief statements to the committee and prepared statements submitted for the record by: (1) Dr. David Kay, Deputy Leader, IAEA Action Team for Nuclear Inspections; and (2) Dr. Hans Blix, Director General, IAEA. Dr. Kay spent considerable time in Iraq during the seven IAEA inspections of Iraqi ...

From first international meeting on nuclear law: Nuclear inter Jura 73; Karlsruhe, Ger. (11Sep 1973). The problems resulting from the Non- Proliferation Treaty for the restriction of nuclear weapons without excessive impairment to the peaceful application of nuclear energy are discussed. Two possible solutions are indicated. Three problems are presented concerning ...

Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat was one of the most distinguished scientists and peace campaigners of the post second world war period. He made significant contributions to nuclear physics and worked on the development of the atomic bomb. He then became one of the world's leading researchers into the biological effects of radiation. His life from the early 1950s until his death ...

This biography for younger readers depicts the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Nobel Peace Prize winner who dedicated himself to the struggle for equal rights for African Americans while embracing the principle of nonviolent resistance. The book presents an overview of the civil rights movement and chronicles King's role as national leader and major ...

Papers and talks by Martin Luther King. Available formats: Acrobat (PDF) | Quicktime | RealPlayer. The archive includes: (1) "Letter from Birmingham Jail" - 16 April 1963. This version of appeared in his 1964 book Why We Can't Wait. View the statement that prompted this letter. (2) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom - 28 August 1963. The "I Have a Dream" speech. Available in multiple ...

Contents; Latest Developments; Issues for Congress (Syria-Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas: The Axis of Resistance, The Israeli-Syrian Peace Process, Russian Arms Sales to Syria, Nuclear Proliferation and the IAEA, Human Rights and Democracy); U.S.-Syrian Relations; ...

The overall objective of this study is to analyze international non-proliferation circumstances, to suggest national strategies and tactics for international meetings non-proliferation and peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to establish domestic non-pro...

Research Contract No. 4658/RB was conducted between the IAEA and the Bulgarian Committee on Use of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes. The contract required the Committee to develop and program a personal computer based software package to be used as a f...

This online exhibit recognizes the life and work of Dr. Linus Pauling. Materials include information on his childhood in Oregon and his college career at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) and the California Institute of Technology. There are also discussions of his research on the nature of the chemical bond, for which he won the 1954 Nobel Prize for ...

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The IAEA Medium Term Strategy (2006-2011) defines a number of specific goals in respect to the IAEA's ability to provide assurances to the international community regarding the peaceful use of nuclear energy through States adherences to their respective non-proliferation treaty commitments. The IAEA has ...

If the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is to be more effective in the struggle against proliferation,, the system requires additional elements. These include: First, a change in the NPT and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) charter should give the agency authority not only to apply safeguards to materials, but to inspect and report on facilities per se, including ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fellowship Program began in April 1958 as a part of the Agency`s Technical Cooperation (TC) Program. Through the TC Program, the IAEA provides technical assistance to meet the needs of recipient countries and to bring about a substantial transfer of technology. This is done by providing experts, equipment, ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fellowship Program began in April 1958 as a part of the Agency`s Technical Cooperation (TC) Program. Through the TC Program, the IAEA provides technical assistance to meet the needs of recipient countries and to bring about a substantial transfer of technology. This is done by providing experts, equipment, ...

The proliferation of nuclear weapons is a great threat to world peace and stability. The question of strengthening the nonproliferation regime has been open for a long period of time. In 1997 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG) adopted the Additional Safeguards Protocol. The purpose of the protocol is to enhance the ...