IAEA General Conference approves first budget increase in eight years

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference endorsed the 1993 budget worth $191 million. This is the IAEA's first budget increase in eight years which includes a 4.5% increase for introducing new safeguards in Argentina, Brazil, North Korea and South Africa, as well as 0.8% overall rise over the 1992 budget. The IAEA did not declare any changes in the cost of safeguards in the former Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Uzbekistan, while new membership from Uzbekistan, Croatia and Slovenia was acknowledged.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Safety and security measures, Nuclear energy

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IAEA inspects South African nuclear program

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The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) report on the inspection of South Africa's nuclear power plants has revealed large scale production of highly enriched uranium (HEU). The IAEA report showed the existence of a nuclear power facility at Palindaba in Pretoria, which produced nearly 400 kilograms of HEU before it was closed in 1989. Other nuclear facilities were also discovered at the SAFARI and Koeberg plants in the Kalahari Desert.

Reports, South Africa, Military aspects, Nuclear power plants, Nuclear facility decommissioning, Inspection, Nuclear facilities

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IAEA Board of Governors approves modest budget increase

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The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved a small budget increase during a meeting in Vienna, Austria. The increase, the IAEA's first since 1984, was instituted in order to address the agency's budgetary problems. The IAEA has been undergoing financial difficulty in view of its small resources and large responsibilities. However, the modest increase in funding is not expected to fully solve the problem.

Finance

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