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IAEA/1312

I"A DIRECTOR-GENERAL SEES EVOLVING ROLE FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY TO CREATE MORE DRINKING WATER

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.

IAEA/1301

INTERNATIONAL CHERNOBYL CONFERENCE CONCLUDES IN VIENNA

17 April 1996


Press Release
IAEA/1301


INTERNATIONAL CHERNOBYL CONFERENCE CONCLUDES IN VIENNA

19960417

VIENNA, 17 April (IAEA) -- An International Conference in Vienna has summed up the scientific understanding of the major social, health and environmental consequences attributed to the Chernobyl accident that occurred in Ukraine a decade ago.