Factsheets & FAQs
IAEA fact sheets, flyers, and FAQs offer snapshots of the Agency´s work, and topical overviews in fields of safety and security, safeguards and verification, and science and technology. These online resources - many in multiple language versions - are listed below, by major topic and year.
Recent Factsheet: IAEA Safeguards Analytical Laboratories
The science essential to verifying the peaceful use of nuclear material.
Download: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
IAEA Facts and Profiles
- IAEA Primer (2013)
- Arabic Chinese French German Russian Spanish - Member States
- FAQs on IAEA Coordinated Research Projects (2002)
- IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) Factsheets
Safeguards and Verification
- IAEA Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (2012)
- Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish - Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Chronology of Events (1945-Present)
- Safeguards & Additional Protocols
- NPT Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement - Overview of Status
- Tools for Nuclear Inspection (2004)
- IAEA Safeguards: Stemming the Spread of Nuclear Weapons (2002)
Safety and Security
- FAQs on Nuclear Safety (2011)
- International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) (2008)
- French Russian Spanish - Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) (2007)
- French Russian Spanish - Fact Sheet on Polonium-210 (2006)
- Radioactive Sources Q&A (2006)
- Promoting Nuclear Security: What the IAEA is Doing (2006)
- French Russian Spanish - IAEA Database on Illicit Trafficking (2007 2006 2005 2004)
- Promoting Safety in Nuclear Installations (2003)
- French Russian Spanish - Depleted Uranium FAQs (2003)
- Chernobyl Q&A (2001)
Food and Agriculture
Human Health
- Assessing Effects of Depleted Uranium: IAEA Role (2009)
- Depleted Uranium FAQs (2003)
- Improving Human Health (2002)
- French Russian Spanish - Human Communicable Diseases (2002)
- FAQs on Nutrition and Health-Related Environmental Studies (NAHRES) (2002)
- FAQs on Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging (NMDI) (2002)
- FAQs on Applied Radiation Biology and Radiotherapy (ARBR) (2002)
- FAQs on Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics (DMRP) (2002)
- Applications of Nuclear Techniques in Medicine (1999)
- French, Spanish
Isotope Hydrology and Water Resources
- What can the IAEA and Nuclear Technolgies Do For You? (2011)
- Managing Water Resources Using Isotope Hydrology (2002)
- French Russian Spanish - Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Bangladesh (2002)
- Water Resources for Africa (2000)
Nuclear Data and Information
- FAQs on International Nuclear Information System (INIS): 14 Most Commonly Asked Questons (2010)
- FAQs on International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
