Atomic energy


IAEA/1312
29 May 1997


Press Release
IAEA/1312


IAEA DIRECTOR-GENERAL SEES EVOLVING ROLE FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY TO CREATE MORE DRINKING WATER

19970529 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 26 May (IAEA) -- The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Hans Blix, said that he was convinced nuclear energy would come to be increasingly used in the future to desalinate water for drinking.