A.1: Current Technologies
Achieve more effective use of current nuclear technologies Other Information:
Actions: (i) With respect to nuclear power, research reactors and the fuel cycle, assist Member States on human and technical
infrastructures, management skills, plant life optimization, exchange of operational experience, decommissioning technologies,
spent fuel and waste management, civil plutonium management, including use of MOX fuel, and high enriched uranium management.
(ii) Assess and compare the economic, environmental and other characteristics of nuclear power with those of alternative energy
options and provide the necessary data, tools and capacity building in order to help Member States to meet their energy development
goals and to elaborate sustainable energy strategies. (iii) Contribute to international forums on sustainable energy development
and greenhouse gas emission reductions. (iv) Evaluate radiation and isotope technologies and compare them with other technologies
with a view to their application in different sectors. (v) Assist Member States in the applications of nuclear science, and
radiation and isotope technologies, with due regard to safety, security and non-proliferation and thereby contribute, wherever
possible, to the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and the Plan of Implementation of the World
Summit on Sustainable Development, in the context of international development cooperation, concentrating on: - food and agriculture:
particularly support to sustainable intensification and diversification of crop and livestock production, improving food safety
and quality and access to markets, increasing the efficiency of water use in agricultural practices, combating desertification
and land degradation and breeding better crops and livestock and protecting them from pests and diseases; - human health:
particularly support for nuclear techniques in nutrition and disease prevention, advancing nuclear medicine and diagnostic
imaging, building capacities for radiation oncology and cancer treatment and promoting quality assurance and metrology in
radiation medicine; - water resources: particularly understanding of the water cycle and its changes and fluctuations, assistance
in stopping the unsustainable exploitation of groundwater, and further integration of isotope techniques into water resources
assessment, development and management; - environment: particularly the application of novel nuclear and isotopic techniques
for better understanding of key oceanic process and dynamics, ocean-climate coupling and change, biological effects and cycling,
pollutant diagnostics and solutions for coastal marine environments, the development of terrestrial radioecology and ecotoxicology;
- industry: particularly support for the use of radiation technology for industrial applications and a cleaner environment.
(vi) Assist in expanding capabilities in nuclear science, concentrating on atomic, molecular and nuclear data for innovative
nuclear energy systems, strengthening basic science for technological development, and support work on fusion technology,
ITER, accelerator systems and spallation, and neutron beam research. (vii) Develop further quality assurance and quality management
guidance for nuclear and radiation technologies.
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