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This volume offers a wide-ranging examination and discussion of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) past, present and future as it enters its seventh decade.
Including contributions from leading experts across the globe, the book assesses the historical record of the IAEA; the issues and challenges it faces at present; and its future prospects. In doing so, it addresses the primary missions of the IAEA outlined in the IAEA's statute, i.e., to safeguard and promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, as well as the missions over which it is expanding its mandate, including nuclear safety and security. The volume is divided into two parts: Part I focuses on historical recollections and reflections of participants in key events, ranging from a personal account of the initial negotiations of the IAEA to an account by its chairman on the dynamics of the Board of Governors in recent years. Part II covers current and future issues in the IAEA's role in nuclear safeguards, the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and nuclear safety and security.
This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation and arms control, global governance and international security in general.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Interview with Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the IAEA Part I: Historical Recollections and Reflections Chapter 3. Present at the Creation: Reflections on 60 Years of Interactions with the IAEA Chapter 4. IAEA Safeguards: From the Early Years to NPT Safeguards Chapter 5. The Model Additional Protocol Chapter 6. The IAEA at Six Decades: Why I Still Like Ike Chapter 7. The Travails of IAEA Governance: A View from the Board Chair Part II: Current and Future Issues and Prospects Chapter 8. The IAEA and the Evolution of Safeguards Chapter 9. The Evolution of IAEA Safeguards: Technical, Political, and Cultural Dimensions Chapter 10. Nuclear Nonproliferation: Six Lessons Not Yet Learned Chapter 11. The IAEA and Peaceful Nuclear Uses Chapter 12. Promoting the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Chapter 13. Atoms for Peace: Bringing Nuclear Fusion Closer to Reality Chapter 14. Nuclear Safety and Security after Fukushima: The Role of the IAEA and the Prospects for Global Governance Chapter 15. How Nuclear Security Arrived at the IAEA Chapter 16.The Nuclear Security Summits and the International Atomic Energy Agency Chapter 17.Nuclear Security Advocacy Following the Nuclear Security Summits: The Nuclear Security Contact Group Chapter 18. The IAEA and Euratom at Six Decades Appendix Keynote Address at the Conference: Sixty Years of Atoms for Peace Development
About the author
Joseph F. Pilat is a Program Manager in the Office of National Security and International Studies at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars where he co-directs the Nonproliferation Forum.
Summary
This volume offers a wide-ranging examination and discussion of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) past, present and future as it enters its seventh decade.
