International Nuclear Information System
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The International Nuclear Information System (INIS) hosts one of the world's largest collections of published information on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. It offers online access to a unique collection of non-conventional literature. INIS is operated by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency
International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...

) in collaboration with 127 Member States and 24 co-operating international organizations.

INIS processes most of the world’s scientific and technical literature that falls within its subject scope and maintains a database which contains over three millions bibliographic references and a unique collection of over 300,000 full-texts gray literature
Gray literature
Gray literature is a field in library and information science. The term is used variably by the intellectual community, librarians, and medical and research professionals to refer to a body of materials that cannot be found easily through conventional channels such as publishers, "but which is...

 that would be difficult to obtain elsewhere.

INIS range of subjects includes:
  • Nuclear engineering and technology
  • Nuclear Safety and radiation protection
  • Safeguards and non-proliferation
  • Applications of nuclear and isotopic techniques
  • Sciences relevant to nuclear research and other applications
  • Nuclear and high energy physics
  • Radiation chemistry
  • Legal aspects
  • Environmental and economic aspects of nuclear and non-nuclear energy sources.



INIS website

INIS database

See also

  • International Nuclear Event Scale
    International Nuclear Event Scale
    The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale was introduced in 1990 by the International Atomic Energy Agency in order to enable prompt communication of safety significance information in case of nuclear accidents....

     (INES)
  • The International Nuclear Information System participates in the WorldWideScience
    WorldWideScience
    WorldWideScience.org is a global science search engine designed to accelerate scientific discovery and progress by accelerating the sharing of scientific knowledge...

    global science gateway.

External links

  • http://www.iaea.org/inis
  • http://inis.iaea.org/search/
  • http://www.worldwidescience.org
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