File:Ivo Sramek, BOG Chairperson talks about the Czech Republic’s Gift of Uranium Crystal Vases at the 1695th Board of Governors meeting at IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria on 2 October 2023 - 15.jpg
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English: Ivo Sramek, BOG Chairperson, presents the Czech Republic’s Gift to the IAEA, Crystal Vases (glow in the dark), to IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at the 1695th Board of Governors meeting held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 October 2023
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA Uranium Glass The gist provided to commemorate the Czech Chairmanship of the IAEA Board of Governors for 2022-2023, shall serve as a good reminder of a long history of research and technology development in the nuclear field that is linked to Czech territory. In the past, uranium was deemed to have a very limited use – to colour glass and ceramics. The use of uranium compounds to obtain yellow-green glass has been known and documented in the territory of present-day Czechia for almost 200 years. Uranium compounds used to colour glass also cause its main eye-catching property – fluorescence in ultraviolet light. Nearly a century after the discovery of uranium, Marie Curie-Sklodowska isolated radium from uranium ores mined in Czech Jachymov, which became a welcome source of this new element. Uranium itself, however, only gained in value after the discovery of fission. Although the name itself might give the impression that there might be potential radiation risk, in reality, this exhibit is safe. It is also noteworthy that uranium oxides added to glass fall in the category of nuclear material and therefore their management is subject to authorization by the national regulatory authority and control by the IAEA and Euratom. In connection with that, it should be also noted that safeguards applied on this material have been terminated with Euratom and IAEA approval. The displayed uranium art glassware was provided by Czechia with the in-kind contribution of its manufacturer, glassmaker Jiri Pacinek, www.pacinekglass.com |
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