International Atomic Energy Agency
On July 29th 1957, the United Nations established an autonomous international organization called the International Atomic Energy Agency that would to promote the use of nuclear energy for peaceful reasons, insure nuclear safety, and retrain the usage of nuclear power for military and strategic purposes such as nuclear weapons. The IAEA is an independent intergovernmental, science and technology based organization that is a part of the United Nations and serves as the global focal point for nuclear cooperation. The agency also develops standards for nuclear safety and promotes by maintaining high levels of safety in applications of nuclear energy. The IAEA’s headquarters is located in Vienna, Austria.
The idea of the IAEA mission was born under President Dwight Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace address to the General Assembly of the United Nations held on December 8th, 1953. He began his address with a bleak and serious warning. “Hydrogen weapons are several hundred times more deadly and powerful than the bombs used during the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”2 President Eisenhower also added “but the dread secret [of making the (atom) bomb] is not ours alone.” Even though the United States was the first and only country to drop an atom bomb flattening entire cities, the secret of making the bomb was shared by the United Kingdom, Canada and the Soviet Union. The secret would eventually be shared by other countries as well. The centerpiece of Eisenhower’s proposal was to create an international atomic energy agency to which all governments participating would make joint contributions from their stockpiles of fissile material and natural uranium. Even though gradual nuclear disarmament was a key point, Eisenhower also maintained that nuclear power be used in peacefully for our advancement in science and technology. In 1954 the United States called for an international scientific conference on nuclear power. However, it became evident later that same
The idea of the IAEA mission was born under President Dwight Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace address to the General Assembly of the United Nations held on December 8th, 1953. He began his address with a bleak and serious warning. “Hydrogen weapons are several hundred times more deadly and powerful than the bombs used during the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”2 President Eisenhower also added “but the dread secret [of making the (atom) bomb] is not ours alone.” Even though the United States was the first and only country to drop an atom bomb flattening entire cities, the secret of making the bomb was shared by the United Kingdom, Canada and the Soviet Union. The secret would eventually be shared by other countries as well. The centerpiece of Eisenhower’s proposal was to create an international atomic energy agency to which all governments participating would make joint contributions from their stockpiles of fissile material and natural uranium. Even though gradual nuclear disarmament was a key point, Eisenhower also maintained that nuclear power be used in peacefully for our advancement in science and technology. In 1954 the United States called for an international scientific conference on nuclear power. However, it became evident later that same