Last week, some 700 participants shared ideas, experiences and best practices to further enhance the physical protection of nuclear material and facilities against theft or sabotage. The IAEA plans to reflect the ideas in future guidance, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said at the closing of the conference in Vienna last Friday. “Physical protection of nuclear material and nuclear facilities is a key element of national nuclear security regimes,” Mr Amano said. “All countries, and organizations such as the IAEA, must work together to ensure that physical protection is sufficient to meet evolving threats.”
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