Sharing the “safe” atom?: The International Atomic Energy Agency and nuclear regulation through standardisation1
Creager AN, Rentetzi M (2022)
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2022
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Edited Volumes: Living in a Nuclear World
ISBN: 9781000541557
Abstract
This chapter scrutinises the early efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, founded in 1957) to both promote and monitor the development of atomic energy in its member states. While IAEA’s efforts to counter the threat of nuclear proliferation through reporting and inspection are well-known, the agency also set health and safety regulations for civilian nuclear activities. The agency came to embody a new regulatory presence that used technical standards to shape the dissemination of technologies, materials and practices while supporting the development of nuclear industry. In conjunction with programs of technical assistance in the decolonising world, the IAEA’s radiological safety standards became an integral element of “safeguarding” the atom, an enterprise tethered to the geopolitics of the Cold War.
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APA:
Creager, A.N., & Rentetzi, M. (2022). Sharing the “safe” atom?: The International Atomic Energy Agency and nuclear regulation through standardisation1. In Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Soraya Boudia, Kyoko Sato (Eds.), Living in a Nuclear World. Taylor and Francis.
MLA:
Creager, Angela N.H., and Maria Rentetzi. "Sharing the “safe” atom?: The International Atomic Energy Agency and nuclear regulation through standardisation1." Living in a Nuclear World. Ed. Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Soraya Boudia, Kyoko Sato, Taylor and Francis, 2022.
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