H.E. Ambassador Armin Andereya, Resident Representative to the IAEA and Kwaku Aning, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, have signed Chile's Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period of 2014-2019 on 24 September 2014. A Country Programme Framework (CPF) is the frame of reference for the medium-term planning of technical cooperation between a Member State and the IAEA and identifies priority areas where the transfer of nuclear technology and technical cooperation resources will be directed to support national development goals.
Chile has been an IAEA Member State since 1960. Its 2014-2019 CPF identifies five priority areas:
1. Establishment of an independent national regulatory nuclear authority
2. Considerations for establishing a nuclear power programme
3. Radiation safety and environmental and physical protection
4. Nuclear knowledge management
5. Development of research into and application of nuclear technology
