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UN Urgently Seeking Funds To Fight Nuclear Terrorism
Vienna (AFP) Mar 19, 2002 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved Tuesday an action plan boosting anti-terrorist security for nuclear power plants worldwide, but called urgently for money to fund the initiative. Several countries have already pledged contributions to the plan, launched after the September 11 terror attacks, but not nearly as much as the UN atomic watchdog needs, said IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei. "There is wide recognition that the international physical protection regime needs to be strengthened," he told a board of governors meeting at the agency's Vienna headquarters which approved the plan "in principle." The IAEA launched a broad initiative last September to boost nuclear safety, expressing fears notably that terrorists could attack a nuclear facility or obtain materials to build a nuclear or radioactive bomb. A number of countries, including Austria, Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Slovenia and the United States have already contributed sums totally over two million dollars to a special fund for the plan, said an IAEA statement. But the figures so far pledged fall well short of the IAEA estimate of over 30 million dollars per year for its programmes and "to enable the Agency to respond to urgent situations that require immediate security upgrades." "The board of governors called upon IAEA Member States to contribute to the fund as a matter of urgency," said the statement. The IAEA statement said the first line of defense against nuclear terrorism "is the strong physical protection of nuclear facilities and materials" -- and reiterated concerns about this. "National measures for protecting nuclear material and facilities are uneven in their substance and application," it said. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
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