Syria
Nuclear Training Laboratory
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From 1984 to 1987, the IAEA and the AECS jointly established and equipped a nuclear training laboratory for use by the AECS and the Arab Centre for the Study of Dry Lands and Arid Zones. 1 The laboratory’s equipment includes oscilloscopes, electronic tools and components, a scintillation detector, X-ray and GM counters, neutron sources, and chemicals. 2 The AECS uses the laboratory to train technicians in nuclear techniques.
Glossary
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- IAEA: Founded in 1957 and based in Vienna, Austria, the IAEA is an autonomous international organization in the United Nations system. The Agency’s mandate is the promotion of peaceful uses of nuclear energy, technical assistance in this area, and verification that nuclear materials and technology stay in peaceful use. Article III of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) requires non-nuclear weapon states party to the NPT to accept safeguards administered by the IAEA. The IAEA consists of three principal organs: the General Conference (of member states); the Board of Governors; and the Secretariat. For additional information, see the IAEA.
Sources
- “SYR/0/004: Nuclear Training Laboratory,” IAEA Technical Cooperation Projects, 1987, www-tc.iaea.org.
- “SYR/0/004: Nuclear Training Laboratory,” IAEA Technical Cooperation Projects, 1987, www-tc.iaea.org.