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The Little Boy and The Fat Man 6th August 1945

Brief HistoryBrief History1946: UN Atomic Energy Commission

1953 : US President Dwight Eisenhower’s

“Atoms For Peace” address to the UN General Assembly

1955: UN conference on Peaceful uses of atomic energy at Geneva

1956: Statute signed by 70 countries

Established on 29th July 1957

Facts•Head Quarters At Vienna

151 Members

•Autonomous Body

•Reports both to UN General Assembly and Security Council

•Present Director General: Yukiya Amano

StructureStructure

Board of Governors• 13

Designated members by the outgoing board & 22 Elected by the GC

• Tenures 1 year and 2 years resp.

General Conference• All 151

Member States

• Each member has 1 vote

Secretariat• General

Service Staff of IAEA

• Headed by the Director General

Functions of Board Of Functions of Board Of GovernorsGovernorsMaking most of the policy

Make recommendations to GC on budget

Appointment of Director General

Publication of IAEA standards

Members have 1 vote

General ConferenceGeneral Conference

Serves as a forum for debateYearly meetings

Voting : Complex issues 2/3rd majority all other issues simple majority

Functions similar to UN General Assembly

IAEA’s BudgetIAEA’s Budget

Objectives of IAEAObjectives of IAEA To accelerate and enlarge the

contribution of atomic energy to peace, health, and prosperity throughout the world and such assistance is not used in such a way as to further any military purpose

Three Pillars of IAEAThree Pillars of IAEA

ActivitiesActivitiesEstablishment of Health and safety

standards

Administration of Safeguards programme Accountability, Containment, Surveillance

Technical Assistance

Aid in Nuclear Research and Development

SafeguardsSafeguardsTechnical means applied by IAEA

to ensure that nuclear equipment or materials are used exclusively for nuclear purpose through

Nuclear AccountabilityContainmentSurveillance

Conventions and Conventions and ProgrammesProgrammes

Convention on Civil Liability for nuclear damage 1977

Convention on physical protection of nuclear material 1987

Convention on Nuclear Safety 1994Technical Assistance Programme for

Developing CountriesProgramme of Action for Cancer

Therapy (PACT) 2004Convention on Supplementary

Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC)

LaboratoriesLaboratoriesInternational Laboratory of Marine

Radioactivity Monaco

International Center for Theoretical Physics Trieste Italy

International Nuclear Information System Siebersdorf Austria

International Seismic Safety Centre Vienna

Major Major AccomplishmentAccomplishment 2005 Nobel Peace Prize

Mohammed El Baradei –Egypt

Current Current IssuesIssues•IAEA rated the nuclear accident at Fukushima as Level 7 “major accident” on the INES scale

•IAEA sent a dedicated Action Team under Deputy Director General to Fukushima

• April 2011 Meeting in Austria to Scrutinize safety at each others facilities (Peer Review)

• IAEA halved its estimate of additional nuclear generating capacity to be built by 2035

Current IssuesCurrent Issues•IAEA published a report on Iran using the nuclear facilities for weapon production and testing in contravention to its NPT obligations

•Iran has slammed the report

•Issue in discussion since 2003,UNSC sanctions

•UK’s announcement of financial sanctions and end of diplomatic relations

IAEA and IndiaIAEA and India2008 Agreement on Nuclear

safeguards for civilian nuclear facilities

When fully implemented, will serve as the framework for importing of both nuclear reactors and the fuel to power them over their lifetime.

IAEA implemented the new Safeguards Agreement in 2009 to bring 14 Indian reactors under Agency safeguards by 2014.

2010 :India signed the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage

CAG of India appointed as an external auditor to IAEA

CriticismCriticismIt only recommends standards,

the members are not required to comply

Allegedly works on the western interests

Slow and tardy response to Fukushima

THANK THANK YOUYOU

THANK YOU

Director Generals of IAEADirector Generals of IAEA

Sterling Cole –US (1957-1961)

Sigvard Eklund –Swden(1961-1981)

Hans Blix-Sweden(1981-1997)

Mohammed El Baradei –Egypt(1997-2009)

Yukiya Amano –Japan (2009- Present)

India’s Nuclear PolicyIndia’s Nuclear PolicyMinimum Credible Deterrence

No 1st Use

Massive 2nd Attack

Global Disarmament and Peaceful Use

The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale

EstablishmentsEstablishments