Atomic Energy

 Atomic Energy

 
UN nuclear age was born almost at the same time. Scary World War II, Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic
bombings at the end, the house needs to resolve the nuclear issue brought. From his first address to the UN General Assembly established the Atomic Energy Commission issues raised by the discovery of nuclear energy to deal with. And in 1953 President Dwight D. Eisenhower of the United States from historical address, "Nuclear for peace", 1957 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) led the establishment.

Today, nearly 16 per cent of the world's 439 nuclear power reactors generate electricity. In nine countries, more than 40 per cent of energy production comes from nuclear energy. IAEA, an international organization in the UN family, nuclear energy safe, secure and peaceful use helps develop and use nuclear technology for sustainable development is to ensure.

Nuclear Weapons (NPT) extension under the 1968 agreement, the IAEA conducts site inspections to ensure that nuclear material is used only for peaceful purposes is used. Before the 2003 Iraq War, Iraq banned its inspectors uncover and eliminate weapons programs and capabilities have played an important role. In 2005, the Agency Director General Mohammad ElBaradei, Nobel Peace Prize that was awarded "They are being used for military purposes and to prevent nuclear energy is nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, to ensure efforts are used in the safest way possible is for. "

The United Nations Conference on Disarmament, the sole multilateral negotiating forum on disarmament, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which was adopted in 1996, is produced. Office for Disarmament Affairs nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation promotes. On peaceful uses of outer space nuclear power sources in outer space committee on the use of production rules is 1992. Ionizing radiation effects of nuclear radiation threat level and report security and safety standards around the world to provide scientific basis for the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects.