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IAEA

IAEA

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A United Nations agency that helps countries use nuclear energy safely and prevents its use for weapons
  • proper noun
translation icon : Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica
  • The IAEA is responsible for promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy worldwide.
  • IAEA safeguards
  • IAEA inspections
  • IAEA inspectors

On more than one occasion, the IAEA has gone and said we cannot guarantee this because the Iranians have done some suspicious testing.

Examples

  • Until late December 2002, those facilities were sealed and monitored by the IAEA to ensure North Korean compliance.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Only about half of the IAEA's members, including Iran, have signed the voluntary 1997 provision.

    Academic text (2005)

  • First, both the IAEA and the US government have said that some of these activities appear to still be going on.

  • But it announced again on 21 October that it would not negotiate any further with the IAEA over nuclear site inspection.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Nearly every UN member has signed the NPT, which forms the legal basis of the IAEA.

    Academic text (2005)

  • During this month, North Korea was required to re-establish its relationship with the IAEA.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Finally, on January 30, 1992, North Korea signed an agreement with the IAEA that provided for international inspections of its nuclear facilities.

    Academic text (2004)

  • First, the IAEA gave a deadline of 25 March for North Korea to admit inspectors.

    Academic text (1999)

  • In early February 1993, the IAEA requested permission to conduct special inspections of two sites at Yongbyon.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The North also agreed to allow IAEA inspectors and their equipment to remain at Yongbyon, the North's chief nuclear complex.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

International Atomic Energy Agency
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An international organization that helps countries use nuclear energy safely and peacefully

is the short abbreviation used instead of the full name

Surface Forms

IAEA main

Etymology

IAEA is a short name made from the first letters of International, Atomic, Energy, and Agency. It is the United Nations group that checks countries' use of atomic energy to keep it 'peaceful' and not for military use.