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- ↑ "International Nuclear Safety Group". www-ns.iaea.org. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ↑ "The Statute of the IAEA". iaea.org. 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ↑ http://www-ns.iaea.org/downloads/ni/insag/safety-for-all.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]