Advances in PGET Use for Nuclear Safeguards Demonstrated on the Sidelines of the IAEA General Conference
(WorldNews Environment)

At an event on the sidelines of the IAEA General Conference today, the Passive Gamma Emission Tomography (PGET) system was presented to delegates. PGET is one of a number of systems recently introduced by the IAEA to help verify the peaceful use of nuclear material - an activity known as safeguards. The PGET system enables the IAEA to verify the number of fuel rods in spent nuclear fuel assemblies, generated in power plants and...