PROJECT AIMS

"Strengthening and Reform of the International Atomic Energy Agency" seeks to capitalize on the success of the Nuclear Energy Futures (NEF) project by advancing ideas contained in the project report, The Future of Nuclear Energy to 2030 and its Implications for Safety, Security and Nonproliferation.

BACKGROUND

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is the paramount instrument of global governance in the nuclear realm in all three areas of concern:  nuclear safety, nuclear security and nuclear nonproliferation.

All aspects of the IAEA are being examined in this two-year project, undertaken by two partners:

• The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), in Waterloo;
• The Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance (CCTC), at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University in Ottawa.

The director of the project is CIGI Senior Fellow Trevor Findlay, and Director of the CCTC. Among the aspects of the IAEA to be examined in 2010−11 are:

• Its origins and mandate;
• Governance and organizational structure;
• Current programs and activities;
• Finance; and
• Current and future challenges, including the difficult cases of Iran and North Korea, the implications of a major nuclear energy revival and prospective involvement in nuclear disarmament verification.

The project’s final report, coming in June 2012, will make recommendations for strengthening and reform of the IAEA. Download the project outline below for more information.

PARTNERS

• Carleton University - Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance (CCTC)