I have International Nuclear Information System (INIS) organizing the world's nuclear information and making it universally accessible This report covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2023 CONTENTS INIS AT A GLANCE ................................................................................................................................................. III INIS MEMBERS ................................................................................................................................................... I MEMBER STATES ..................................................................................................................................................I INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ................................................................................................................. II MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARIAT .......................................................................................................... 1 INIS MEMBERSHIP ............................................................................................................................................ 3 INIS USERS ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 INIS INPUT .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORDS ....................................................................................................................................... 6 NCL .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 JOURNALS .............................................................................................................................................................. 10 VOLUNTARY INPUT ................................................................................................................................................. 12 TIME LAG ................................................................................................................................................................ 13 FULL TEXTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 14 FULL TEXTS OF NCL .............................................................................................................................................. 14 SPECIAL DIGITAL COLLECTIONS ............................................................................................................................ 15 CAPACITY BUILDING ..................................................................................................................................... 15 PUBLICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................ 15 INIS THESAURUS ................................................................................................................................................... 15 COOPERATION WITH INIS MEMBERS ........................................................................................................ 16 OUTREACH AND PROMOTION ..................................................................................................................... 16 COOPERATION WITH THE OECD/NEA DATABANK ................................................................................. 17 HUMAN RESOURCES, PROGRAMME, AND BUDGET .............................................................................. 17 INFORMATION FROM THE AGENCY’S PROGRAMME AND BUDGET 2022–2023 (GC(65)/2) ................................ 17 APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................................... 18 TABLE 1. INIS MEMBERSHIP GROWTH. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW. ........................................................................ 18 TABLE 2. INIS REPOSITORY SEARCH STATISTICS 2022. ..................................................................................... 20 TABLE 3. INPUT TO THE INIS REPOSITORY ARRANGED BY COUNTRY OF INPUT. ................................................ 29 TABLE 4. FULL TEXT NCL PER COUNTRY/INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 2023. .............................................. 33 INIS at a glance iii INIS Members (as of 31 December 2023) MEMBER STATES AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BANGLADESH BELARUS BELGIUM BENIN BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOTSWANA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BRAZIL BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA COSTA RICA CÔTE D’IVOIRE CROATIA CUBA CYPRUS CZECHIA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO DENMARK ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FINLAND FRANCE GABON GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE GUATEMALA HAITI HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LIBYA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MADAGASCAR MALAYSIA MALI MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MEXICO MONGOLIA MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY NORTH MACEDONIA OMAN PAKISTAN PANAMA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TAJIKISTAN THAILAND TUNISIA TÜRKIYE UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ii ARAB ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (AAEA) EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH (CERN) FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO) INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (IIASA) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO) JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH (JINR) OECD/NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY (NEA) SYNCHROTRON-LIGHT FOR EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST (SESAME) WORLD NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION (WNA) The International Nuclear Information System (INIS) was established by the IAEA in collaboration with interested Member States and some international organizations in 1969 with the objective of providing information on scientific literature published world-wide on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. INIS operates under membership arrangements that set specific duties and privileges. ii Message from the Secretariat In 2023, the Nuclear Information Section (NIS) initiated a transformative process that will extend over the next two years. Long-serving staff members Alexandre Anastassov and Hadia Mahmoud retired, while Jaime Garcia-Llopis concluded a distinguished 9-year tenure. While their departures created a void in technical expertise within the INIS framework, the organization has sustained its legacy of success and embarked on a journey of reform. Joining NIS as Section Head is Dibuleng Mohlakwana, who brings a weath of expertise and energy to the programme. In July, the 42nd INIS Liaison Officers meeting was held in-person in Vienna and virtually around the world. 80 participants from 62 countries heard speakers from the IAEA, as well as various INIS Liaison Officers. Women made up 38 of the participants, or 47%. The regional breakout sessions proved particularly valuable, facilitating discussions on local and regional concerns. During 2023, INIS augmented its repository with the addition of 127,305 knowledge products, marking the largest influx in 8 years. Contributions from the IAEA totalled 83,671, with member states contributing 43,634. This consistent support from both the IAEA and member states has led to a steady increase in records over the past four years: from 123,374 in 2020 to 127,261 in 2023. Despite experiencing a 17% decrease in unique visitors compared to 2022, with 1.7 million unique visitors, INIS remained a vital resource. Users conducted 2.6 million unique searches and viewed 4 million pages. An analysis of log files revealed a substantial number of unrecognized and unreported PDF downloads, exceeding 15 million downloads over the year, a 340% increase from previous reports. This unreported usage underscores INIS's broader usefulness, as it feeds various search engines, artificial intelligence models, and plagiarism checkers, contributing to its overall impact and relevance. INIS has also embraced Artificial Intelligence through the development of NADIA (Neural Artificial Intelligence for Document Indexing and Analysis). This initiative aims to enhance indexing efficiency, enabling the processing of larger volumes of records. Initial testing has shown NADIA to be more accurate in certain subject areas than human experts, positioning INIS as a comprehensive and contemporary source of nuclear science and technology information. Furthermore, INIS has undertaken significant efforts in knowledge preservation, digitizing 169 books from the IAEA Lise Meitner Library, totalling 57,348 pages. This digitalization initiative ensures the enduring accessibility and dissemination of valuable knowledge previously confined to print. Additionally, INIS continues its preservation endeavours with specialized projects concerning Germany's Forschungszentrum Jülich and the European Union's Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management (EURAD). The expertise cultivated by INIS in taxonomy management and development has garnered recognition, with staff members contributing significantly to the IAEA publication "A Taxonomy for the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities" and engaging in two ongoing taxonomy development projects – the Taxonomy for Small Modular Reactors and Micro-reactors, and Decking, the Decommissioning Knowledge Integration System. The INIS Thesaurus remains integral to the indexing process, serving as the foundation for categorizing all ingested knowledge products. Finally, the Nuclear Information Section embarked on the redevelopment of the INIS workflow and repository in late 2023, a project slated to extend into 2024 and 2025. The new system, based on CERN's Invenio, aligns with best practices utilized by various organizations including UN-Vienna, the World Food Programme, UNHCR, ITU, Caltech, DESY, Max Planck Institut, and Zenodo, particularly those focused on physics. This modernization initiative underscores NIS's commitment to enhancing efficiency and accessibility, ensuring its continued relevance and impact in the realm of nuclear science and technology. 1 Outlook for 2024 In 2024, NIS remains dedicated to the ongoing automation of INIS workflow. Transitioning from disparate applications, each coded in different programming languages, to a unified system will significantly enhance operational efficiency, streamline processes, foster transparency, and integrated INIS into the community of organizations leveraging and contributing to the evolution of Invenio. The development of NADIA continues to be a priority, with plans to deploy the system into production by the third quarter of 2024. Upon implementation, a majority of records processed by the IAEA will benefit from NADIA's advanced capabilities. To facilitate knowledge transfer and skill development, an in-person training session for INIS Liaison Officers, Alternates, and those working in INIS Centers is scheduled for October 7-8 in Vienna. This marks the first INIS training seminar after several years. The training agenda will primarily focus on familiarizing participants with the new system. Additionally, provisions will be made for online participation, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all for the support extended in 2023. I wish you and INIS continued prosperity and success in 2024 and beyond. Brian Bales INIS Coordinator 2 INIS Membership INIS was established in 1970 with the aim of providing access to a vast collection of nuclear literature references globally. This was in accordance with Article III, paragraph A.3 of the IAEA Statute which seeks to promote the exchange of scientific and technical information on peaceful uses of atomic energy. Starting with 23 Member States and 2 international organizations in 1969, INIS has expanded to include 132 Member States and 11 international organizations today (Table 1, Fig. 1). In 2020, 13 international organizations were withdrawn due to inactivity. INIS Members 1969-2023 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 Member States International Organizations 2023 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 1999 1997 1995 1993 1991 1989 1987 1985 1983 1981 1979 1977 1975 1973 1971 1969 0 Total Members FIG 1: INIS Members 1969-2023 3 INIS Users INIS received just over 1.7 million unique visitors in 2023 (Table 2, see appendix), which was a 17% drop from the previous year. This decrease was likely caused by an unregulated bot which accessed INIS aggressively in the latter part of the year. This caused significant downtime, the website to be inaccessible and a resulting possible downgrade Google's algorithm and INIS’s placement within its system. During the year, users conducted 2.6 million unique searches, viewed 4 million pages, and downloaded PDFs approximately 15 million times. In 2023, the USA had the highest number of users (Fig. 3). Top 20 Countries for Users, 2023 vs 2022 300000 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 2023 2022 FIG. 3. Top 20 Countries for Users 2023 vs. 2022. 4 INIS Input Since the beginning of 2023, input to the INIS repository steadily increased and, at the end, surpassed the number of records input in 2022. As shown in Figure 2, INIS exceeded its annual target of 100 000 records. . INIS Production, 2023, 2022, and Yearly Goal 140000 120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 0 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 Target 2023 2022 FIG. 2. INIS Production 2023 vs 2022. The INIS repository encompasses bibliographic records of conventional (CL) and nonconventional (NCL) literature, along with full text records that can be accessed either as PDFs within the repository or as URLs from external sources. At the end of 2023, the INIS repository held a total of 4 779 984 records, including 629 121 full text documents, hosted by INIS. Over 2.1 million references lead to a full text, many of which are hosted on other websites. 5 Bibliographic Records Upon the conclusion of volume fifty-four, 127 305 records of NCL and CL had been added to the INIS repository (Table 3, see Appendix), 2 451 records more than last year and the highest number of records added to the database since 2015 (Fig. 11). The main subject areas of new input to the INIS repository covered Nuclear Materials (17%), Environmental & Earth Sciences (13%), Life & Sciences (13%), Atomic, Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics (13%), Nuclear Physics (10%), and Chemistry (7%) (Fig. 4). FIG. 4. Input to the INIS Repository by Subject Area – 127 305 records 2023. 6 The largest number of documents added to the INIS Repository were published in the Netherlands (26.3%), followed by the United Kingdom (18.1%) and Germany (10.2%) (Fig. 5). FIG. 5. Total Input to the Repository by Country of Publication 2023. 52 INIS members states and organizations contributed records in 2023, 65.7% (83 671 records) were input by the INIS Secretariat and 34.3% (43 634 records) were contributed by other members, with Germany (5.3%), France (5%) and Japan (4.6%) inputting the largest amount (Fig. 6). FIG. 6. Total Input to the Repository by Country/Org. of Input 2023. 7 Figure seven compares the total input from the top 15 contributing INIS members (excluding the IAEA) in 2023 with the previous two years. In 2023, Germany input the largest number of records with 6,780. France added 6,310. Members whose input increased in 2023 compared to the previous two years included Japan, China, India, the United States, Pakistan, Hungary, and Tajikistan. FIG. 7. Comparison of the Last 3 years of Total Input by Country/Org. of Input 2020–2022. The majority of bibliographic records (83%) entered in the INIS repository were journal articles, followed by miscellaneous records (7%), books (7%), and reports (3%) (Fig. 8). FIG. 8. Input to the INIS Repository by Literature Type 2022. 8 NCL Of the 127 305 combined NCL and CL records added in 2023, 12 888, or 10.1 %, of those were NCL. This surpasses our goal of achieving a 10% NCL representation in the database. France provided the most NCL records among all Member States with 3481 (27%), followed by the IAEA at 3053 (23%), Germany at 1024 (7.9%), Brazil at 969 (7.5%), Japan at 956 (7.4%), Austria at 542 (4.2%) and Indonesia at 327 (2.5) (Fig. 10). FIG. 9. Distribution of NCL by Country of Input. FIG. 10. Top 10 NCL contributors over the past 3 years 9 The proportion of NCL reached a peak in 2019 and has steadily decreased over the last five years (Fig. 11). FIG. 11. Total Number of Records vs. NCL for past 10 years 2013–2022. Journals Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Materials, Atomic, Molecular & Condensed Matter Physics, Life & Sciences, and Environmental & Earth Sciences covered more than 80% of journal records (Fig. 12). FIG. 12. Distribution of Journal Articles by Subject Area 2023. 10 Subject proportions in journal records have changed over the past 10 years. Comparing the subject distribution in 2023 to a decade ago, Environmental & Earth Science increased to 14.9% from 2.9%, while Nuclear Physics decreased from 15.9% to 9.5% (Fig. 13). This may be due to increased research and publication in the area of Environmental and Earth Science. FIG. 13. Distribution of Journal Articles by Subject Area 2014-2023. Given the significant representation of journal articles, we analyzed detailed statistics for this type of record over the past 10 years (Fig. 14). The proportion of journal records in the INIS repository has remained at around 78% for the past decade, though it has increased in recent years. FIG. 14. Distribution of Literature Type over the Past Decade 2013–2023. 11 Voluntary Input Eleven INIS members (excluding the IAEA) voluntarily submitted a total of 2995 records. The French INIS centre made the largest contribution with 2294 records (Table 3 see Appendix and Fig. 15). Country IAEA France United States Argentina Egypt Korea, Republic of Philippines Brazil Kenya Madagascar South Africa Sri Lanka TOTAL Total 81665 2294 318 156 118 38 38 10 10 9 2 1 84660 FIG. 15. Voluntary Contribution per Country 2023. National input by members was highest in 2020, and has decreased since then. We encourage INIS Member States to submit literature produced in their country for preservation, to publicise their national research effort, and for information sharing: FIG. 16. National vs. Voluntary Input 2014–2023. 12 The IAEA voluntary input peaked in 2015, but rose significantly in 2023 (Fig. 17), because of increased harvesting and indexing by the INIS Secretariat. FIG. 17. Voluntary vs National Input from 1970 to Present. Time Lag Nuclear science and technology are fields of great interest in research, resulting in the accumulation of many new journal articles, books, and reports. However, there is a delay in making this literature available to end users. Factors impacting the delay are publication, distribution, processing, and data entry. The latency of the INIS repository can be gauged by the time lag between publication and appearance (input) in the repository. Six percent of journal articles had a quick turnaround with a time lag of less than one month, while the majority (86%) had a time lag of over one year (Fig. 18). This is primarily due to INIS processing older issues from journals. With system redesign and redevelopment, and increasing automation, we expect greater system capacity and therefore, for INIS to be more up-to-date. 13 FIG. 18. Time Lag of Input to the INIS Repository 2023 The proportion of publications with a time lag of over 2 years increased dramatically in 2023, primarily due to the processing of older journal issues by the INIS Secretariat. (Fig. 19). FIG. 19. Time Lag of Publications Over the Past 10 years 2013–2023. The INIS Secretariat continued to perform automated checks on the indexing consistency of members’ input to identify records requiring manual verification. By the end of 2023, INIS subject specialists had reviewed and, when necessary, corrected the indexing of 20 023 such records. Full texts 2.18 million full text records consisting of NCL and CL were available through the INIS repository by the end of 2023, 627 319 of which were hosted at INIS. INIS expects to increase the number of full text records in the coming years, with system reform and a policy change to include more open, full-text materials. Full texts of NCL 12 888 full texts consisting of only NCL were added to the repository in 2023. 9823 of those were hosted in INIS with 7267 corresponding PDFs contributed by 31 INIS members (including IAEA, Table 4, see Appendix). France, with 3481 PDFs, was the largest INIS member contributor of NCL full texts — including many old dissertations currently being digitized by the French INIS centre. Other top contributors included the IAEA, Germany, Brazil, Japan, and Austria (Table 4, see Appendix). 14 Special Digital Collections NIS has been actively collaborating with Member States and various departments within the IAEA to create and maintain specialized digital collections. With the closure of the Facility for Nuclear Research at the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, INIS was provided with approximately 11 000 scanned documents relating to the history and research conducted at the Institute. These documents include valuable scientific research in the area of high-temperature reactors, as well as primary sources on the history of nuclear energy in Germany. This project is expected to continue over the next two years, with INIS serving as a repository for these important historical records. In addition to its role in preserving and providing access to digital collections, INIS also provides long-term preservation for critical documents from organizations such as the European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management (EURAD). EURAD is an initiative aimed at assisting its Member States with the implementation of safe long-term management of nuclear waste, disposal facility operations, and knowledge sharing on the topic. INIS serves as a repository for the preservation of project documents from EURAD, in addition to the EU’s Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS). NIS also began a digitzation project for full text IAEA publications that had not yet been added to the repository. The project is expected to continue into 2024 and involve more than 300 books. Capacity Building The INIS Secretariat provided Member States with advice and guidance on various aspects of INIS activities including preparation and submission of input to the INIS repository, provision of information services, and promotion of INIS products and services in their countries. In July, the 42nd INIS Liaison Officers meeting was held in-person in Vienna and virtually around the world. 80 participants from 62 countries heard speakers from the IAEA, as well as various INIS Liaison Officers. Women made up 38 of the participants, or 47%. The regional breakout sessions proved particularly valuable, facilitating discussions on local and regional concerns. Publications INIS Thesaurus The INIS Thesaurus was first released in print in October 1970 and has since evolved into a comprehensive nuclear knowledge organization system (KOS) with 31 448 descriptors. Out of these, 22 532 are valid terms and 8916 are forbidden terms. The INIS online Thesaurus Advisory Group currently comprises INIS members from Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, France, Japan, Russia, Syria, and the USA, as well as staff from the INIS Secretariat. It was created to evaluate proposals for new descriptors and to review other related topics. Maintenance of the INIS Thesaurus continued, and the fully updated version is now available on the INIS website. The INIS Secretariat spent time correcting outdated and obsolete terminology. Regular updates to the INIS Thesaurus are essential in ensuring users have access to the latest and most pertinent information. As a powerful resource, the INIS Thesaurus provides a strong foundation for the development of taxonomies and ontologies within the nuclear domain. The English version of the INIS Thesaurus is updated monthly, providing users with the latest version in a single document. 15 The Multilingual Thesaurus in 8 languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish) is updated twice a year — in January and July. The INIS Secretariat regularly solicits translation lists from the respective national INIS centres to be imported into the INIS Thesaurus. The INIS centres of France, Japan, Russia, Spain and Syria provided timely translations and revisions of outdated terms and scope notes. This effort was greatly appreciated by the INIS Secretariat. Upon request, multilingual versions of the INIS Thesaurus can be made available. INIS Thesaurus links are provided to all language versions, the Interactive Multilingual INIS Thesaurus with navigation capabilities, and the multilingual dictionaries without thesaurus hierarchy. Cooperation with INIS Members INIS continued its cooperation with ILOs, encouraging new contacts and promotional activities, as well as the inclusion of relevant conference proceedings in the INIS repository. 6 INIS information letters, covering different aspects of INIS activities, were sent to ILOs. 2023 Information Letters 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 42nd INIS Liaison Officers Meeting - Save the Date INIS Statistics Note Verbale 42nd Meeting of INIS Liaison Officers 2022 INIS Progress and Activity Report 42nd Consultative Meeting of INIS Liaison Officers 42nd Consultative Meeting of INIS Liaison Officers Draft Recommendations Completion of Volume 54 of the INIS Repository Outreach and Promotion INIS promotion is encouraged through a variety of channels, including publications, meetings, and direct assistance. On the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day in April, INIS gave a presentation to UN Vienna staff titled The Coming AI Revolution and Its Implications for Us All. INIS also presented three papers: Charcoal Burning in Zambia: User Narratives for Successful and Equitable Information Services, Grey Literature on Climate Change Studies at the International Nuclear Information System, and Drops in a Bucket: Contributions of the IAEA Lise Meitner Library to the INIS Database at the GL25 International Conference on Grey Literature in December in Amsterdam, with a full papers published in The Grey Journal, Vol. 20, Num. 1, Spring 2024. At the request of INIS Liaison Officers, a flyer was created to highlight the benefits of INIS to Member States and was translated into multiple languages for distribution. The flyer aims to encourage researchers to submit their work in all areas of nuclear science and technology to the repository and highlights the global audience and relevant areas of interest. The flyer and other resources can be accessed in the INIS Members area. A number of Member States requested and received hard copies to use for promotional purposes. Together with the IAEA Library, INIS conducted training and demonstrations of INIS Repository Search for IAEA Safeguards inspectors’ trainings. 16 Cooperation with the OECD/NEA Databank Since the reinstatement of the Memorandum of Agreement between the IAEA and the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/NEA) for the distribution of OECD/NEA Data Bank nuclear computer codes and processed nuclear data libraries to eligible IAEA Member States, 80 OECD/NEA Data Bank liaison officers were delegated to as many IAEA institutions in 18 IAEA Member States. In 2022, more than 35 code requests were received, of which 13 were approved and dispatched to the respective end-users. The following countries have directly benefited from the resumed services: Austria, Belarus, Brazil, China, Croatia, Egypt, India, Jordan, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Ukraine, and Vietnam. As of 1 December 2022, with the end of the appointment of the Nuclear Software Specialist to the NEA Databank, the NEA/IAEA Co-operation Agreement regarding the provision of Data Bank services to IAEA member states has once again been suspended. Human Resources, Programme, and Budget INIS and the IAEA Lise Meitner Library make up the Nuclear Information Section, Division of Planning, Information and Knowledge Management, Department of Nuclear Energy at the IAEA, consisting of 23 staff. At the end of 2023, INIS consisted of 10 staff members. Gender Parity in INIS Professional Staff 3 General Staff 1 3 3 Information from The Agency’s Programme and Budget 2022–2023 (GC(65)/2) Subprogramme 1.3.4 Nuclear Information will continue to gather and make available to Member States and to the Secretariat authoritative, validated, up-to-date nuclear information on the peaceful use of nuclear energy through INIS, the IAEA Library, and the International Nuclear Library Network (INLN). It will also provide access to the OECD/NEA Data Bank for Agency Member States that are not members of OECD/NEA. Funding through the Regular IAEA Budget for subprogramme 1.3.4.002 (INIS) totalled € 2 264 895. 17 Appendices Table 1. INIS Membership Growth. Historical Overview. Total (MS + Int’l Org.) INIS Member Name 25 (23 + 2) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, CSSR, Denmark, France, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Korea Rep. of, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, Russian Federation, South Africa, Sweden, UK, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam + FAO, IAEA 1970 50 (38 + 11) Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Thailand, Yugoslavia + CERN, EC, ICRP, ISO, OAU, OECD-NEA, UNSCEAR, WEC, WHO 1971 51 (39 + 11) Switzerland 1972 56 (44 + 11) Bangladesh, Chile, Peru, Spain, Turkey 1973 57 (44 + 12) JINR 1974 60 (47 + 12) DDR, Indonesia, Iran 1975 61 (48 + 12) Iraq 1976 64 (51 + 12) Algeria, Ghana, Ireland 1977 66 (53 + 12) Cameroon, Venezuela 1978 75 (62 + 12) Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Zambia 1979 77 (64 + 12) Colombia, D.P.R. Korea 1980 79 (66 + 12) Cuba, Greece 1981 83 (69 + 13) Libya, Paraguay, Syria + IIASA 1983 86 (72 + 13) Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Guatemala 1984 87 (73 + 13) China 1985 88 (74 + 13) Uruguay 1987 89 (75 + 13) Panama 1988 93 (78 + 14) Costa Rica, Morocco, Jordan + UNIDO 1989 94 (79 + 14) Mongolia 1990 94 (79 + 14) DDR became Germany, Sudan joined 1991 96 (80 + 15) Albania + AAEA 1992 98 (81 + 17) Bolivia + ICSTI, WMO 1993 103 (86 + 17) Nicaragua, Slovenia, Slovakia, Kenya, Ethiopia 1994 105 (88 + 17) Croatia, Lebanon and Lithuania joined, D.P.R. Korea withdrew 1995 111 (94 + 17) Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Myanmar, Estonia, Tunisia Year 1969 18 Year Total (MS + Int’l Org.) INIS Member Name 1996 116 (99 + 17) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Cyprus, Singapore, Yemen, Uganda 1997 118 (101 + 17) Latvia, Republic of Moldova 1998 122 (103 + 19) Senegal, United Arab Emirates + CTBTO, WONUC 2002 127 (108 + 19) Republic of Tajikistan, El Salvador, Niger, Azerbaijan, Georgia 2003 129 (110+ 19) United Rep. of Tanzania, Mauritius 2004 130 (111 + 19) Botswana 2005 136 (114 + 22) Haiti, Kyrgyz Republic, Burkina Faso + MERRCAC, WNA, WNU 2006 140 (117 + 23) Central African Republic, Namibia and Luxembourg + ABACC 2007 141 (118 + 23) Seychelles 2008 143 (120 + 23) Mozambique, Zimbabwe 2009 146 (122 + 24) Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone + SESAME 2010 148 (124 +24) The Sultanate of Oman, Benin 2011 151 (127+24) Republic of Chad, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the Gabonese Republic 2012 152 (128+24) Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 153 (129+24) Afghanistan 2015 154 (130+24) Burundi 2017 155 (131+24) Kingdom of Lesotho 2019 156 (132+24) Jamaica 2020 143 (132+11) ABACC, CTBTO, ICRP, ICSTI, MERRCAC, OAU, UNIDO, UNSCEAR, WEC, WHO, WMO, WNU, WONUC inactive 19 Table 2. INIS Repository Search Statistics 2022. (http://inis.iaea.org/search) Users Visits Unique Searches Page Views 1,725,994 2,124,199 2,660,116 4,026,540 No. Country/Territory Users Visits Unique Searches Page Views 1 United States 247,631 315,943 366,689 550,944 2 India 199,983 258,023 301,283 426,696 3 United Kingdom 78,716 105,610 122,832 191,166 4 Germany 70,054 87,592 132,296 182,595 5 Japan 62,124 85,566 161,309 224,481 6 France 52,693 76,522 114,370 168,727 7 Canada 50,485 65,918 75,923 118,425 8 South Korea 49,203 73,172 90,305 145,467 9 Indonesia 40,855 53,545 63,940 90,978 10 Austria 38,842 93,429 77,422 167,516 11 Russia 34,132 52,860 67,453 106,858 12 Brazil 33,611 46,096 59,249 101,213 13 Italy 31,265 40,841 48,388 76,799 14 China 30,986 43,561 69,749 103,163 15 Pakistan 29,755 38,294 45,136 63,067 16 Philippines 29,067 35,497 38,849 53,523 17 Australia 27,605 36,044 39,613 58,689 18 Iran 24,391 34,821 41,521 61,416 19 Spain 21,399 28,628 35,381 54,032 20 Türkiye 21,306 27,338 31,938 48,888 21 Malaysia 21,114 27,048 30,181 42,586 22 Taiwan 18,416 23,746 30,192 43,854 23 Netherlands 17,447 21,816 24,218 37,946 24 (not set) 15,619 16,071 16,923 18,063 25 Mexico 15,181 19,336 21,451 36,163 20 No. Country/Territory Users Visits Unique Searches Page Views 26 Nigeria 14,018 16,634 18,273 25,157 27 Poland 13,799 18,217 20,470 31,870 28 South Africa 13,426 17,101 19,526 28,827 29 Hong Kong 13,005 17,198 26,584 49,517 30 Thailand 12,793 15,458 16,749 24,448 31 Egypt 12,498 17,017 20,361 31,580 32 Singapore 11,650 13,690 14,369 21,202 33 Switzerland 11,476 15,131 18,281 26,731 34 Vietnam 10,225 12,913 14,919 20,521 35 Sweden 10,145 13,346 15,806 24,068 36 Saudi Arabia 9,895 12,597 15,046 21,671 37 Belgium 9,767 13,254 15,358 24,441 38 Czechia 7,988 11,597 14,052 22,072 39 Bangladesh 7,597 9,722 11,305 15,417 40 Romania 7,134 9,353 11,095 16,872 41 Algeria 7,013 10,052 12,469 18,924 42 Colombia 6,817 8,609 9,667 15,956 43 Argentina 6,710 11,185 12,685 25,144 44 Ukraine 6,250 9,765 11,975 19,685 45 Finland 6,064 8,367 9,493 14,240 46 United Arab Emirates 5,982 7,776 9,163 13,462 47 Greece 5,931 7,527 9,114 13,077 48 Israel 5,892 7,632 10,100 14,063 49 Portugal 5,886 7,267 8,418 12,711 50 Iraq 5,804 7,545 9,161 12,849 51 Morocco 5,447 7,581 8,919 13,115 52 Norway 5,156 6,548 7,995 11,647 53 Peru 4,937 6,640 7,404 12,733 54 Denmark 4,930 6,176 7,197 10,568 21 No. Country/Territory Users Visits Unique Searches Page Views 55 Hungary 4,923 6,679 8,452 12,600 56 Chile 4,561 5,954 6,890 10,940 57 Kenya 4,051 4,923 5,451 7,575 58 Ireland 3,818 4,615 4,991 8,036 59 Slovakia 3,743 5,094 5,921 9,398 60 Ethiopia 3,728 4,491 5,252 7,497 61 Ghana 3,577 4,819 5,261 7,766 62 Bulgaria 3,434 4,675 6,540 9,297 63 New Zealand 3,409 4,124 4,584 6,612 64 Serbia 3,172 4,055 5,375 6,932 65 Kazakhstan 2,480 3,418 3,982 5,955 66 Ecuador 2,407 3,059 3,199 5,560 67 Tunisia 2,389 3,169 3,688 5,210 68 Sri Lanka 2,381 2,889 3,304 4,565 69 Belarus 2,269 3,275 12,553 21,700 70 Croatia 2,263 2,879 3,264 5,254 71 Jordan 2,187 2,969 3,364 5,208 72 Slovenia 2,135 3,031 3,146 5,492 73 Uzbekistan 1,940 2,663 3,708 5,204 74 Nepal 1,873 2,180 2,435 3,303 75 Lithuania 1,686 2,112 2,486 3,567 76 Azerbaijan 1,427 1,919 2,445 3,348 77 Tanzania 1,387 1,709 1,922 2,897 78 Libya 1,255 1,735 1,895 3,210 79 Oman 1,252 1,666 1,786 2,755 80 Myanmar (Burma) 1,205 1,465 1,637 2,378 81 Zimbabwe 1,151 1,376 1,513 2,020 82 Lebanon 1,140 1,391 1,611 2,374 83 Uganda 1,127 1,385 1,678 2,125 22 No. Country/Territory Users Visits Unique Searches Page Views 84 Costa Rica 1,118 1,524 2,193 3,898 85 Qatar 1,101 1,332 1,365 2,078 86 Estonia 1,044 1,315 1,440 2,223 87 Luxembourg 1,023 1,467 1,509 2,680 88 Latvia 999 1,216 1,404 1,897 89 Georgia 988 1,263 1,389 2,178 90 Cameroon 984 1,225 1,238 1,903 91 Kuwait 903 1,049 1,053 1,636 92 Syria 873 1,198 1,400 2,148 93 Venezuela 844 1,029 1,170 1,916 94 Zambia 841 1,027 1,133 1,685 95 North Macedonia 840 1,037 1,313 1,790 96 Armenia 820 1,192 1,577 2,454 97 Cyprus 798 1,000 1,223 1,754 98 Bosnia & Herzegovina 747 923 1,135 1,689 99 Cambodia 744 866 1,027 1,469 100 Bolivia 740 944 1,056 1,833 101 Mongolia 700 928 1,539 2,052 102 Uruguay 637 815 1,026 2,057 103 Albania 613 716 702 1,146 104 Cuba 563 808 1,067 2,320 105 Yemen 556 692 679 1,507 106 Côte d’Ivoire 554 713 885 1,308 107 Puerto Rico 554 627 618 902 108 Senegal 537 844 1,161 1,624 109 Bahrain 528 601 675 967 110 Botswana 495 627 558 973 111 Trinidad & Tobago 478 571 577 887 112 Sudan 475 565 668 1,145 23 Users Visits Unique Searches Page Views 113 Namibia 462 620 701 1,010 114 Panama 460 582 639 1,145 115 Moldova 425 657 630 1,140 116 Mauritius 423 512 619 756 Dominican Republic 406 494 560 855 118 Palestine 396 469 600 843 119 Afghanistan 394 691 1,006 1,526 120 Guatemala 387 435 476 713 121 Jamaica 381 466 522 676 122 Iceland 369 460 475 764 123 Rwanda 368 470 493 879 124 Macao 363 445 426 793 125 Malta 356 453 497 712 126 Somalia 352 391 441 593 127 Burkina Faso 350 442 511 808 128 Malawi 341 384 470 624 129 Congo - Kinshasa 310 362 363 564 130 Madagascar 299 380 438 724 131 Kosovo 286 388 398 569 132 Brunei 279 350 381 568 133 Kyrgyzstan 279 303 398 546 134 Togo 265 339 333 469 135 Benin 264 329 363 544 136 Paraguay 263 330 412 814 137 Mozambique 253 307 274 488 138 Montenegro 246 294 327 457 139 Honduras 245 286 304 481 140 El Salvador 224 273 302 476 141 Papua New Guinea 202 253 258 456 No. 117 Country/Territory 24 Users Visits Unique Searches Page Views 142 Nicaragua 201 242 170 403 143 Turkmenistan 190 207 237 393 144 Laos 172 192 158 288 145 Guyana 157 198 201 309 146 Fiji 154 187 198 303 147 Bhutan 150 164 210 254 148 Tajikistan 148 300 565 440 149 Angola 145 177 209 266 150 Niger 124 163 225 308 151 Lesotho 122 140 167 264 152 Congo - Brazzaville 113 136 178 217 153 Sierra Leone 105 115 175 173 154 Mali 103 130 134 207 155 Réunion 99 127 106 202 156 Liberia 89 96 83 132 157 Maldives 83 92 79 124 158 South Sudan 78 93 115 145 159 Belize 74 83 79 114 160 Mauritania 74 109 106 208 161 Eswatini 74 86 104 135 162 Gabon 69 101 210 191 163 French Polynesia 68 71 105 106 164 Guam 62 75 71 146 165 Haiti 60 73 78 117 166 Barbados 59 64 61 103 167 Burundi 53 64 77 95 168 Suriname 52 70 88 92 169 Timor-Leste 51 58 72 73 170 Monaco 49 61 79 111 No. Country/Territory 25 Users Visits Unique Searches Page Views 171 Guinea 47 49 61 86 172 Martinique 47 64 102 108 173 Liechtenstein 46 51 44 78 174 Gambia 45 53 83 89 175 Micronesia 44 56 50 83 176 Djibouti 42 57 82 102 177 Jersey 42 43 92 82 178 New Caledonia 40 46 42 73 179 Seychelles 38 40 63 48 180 Guernsey 37 43 59 68 181 Cape Verde 36 52 50 194 182 Chad 36 39 37 65 British Virgin Islands 36 38 37 55 184 Guadeloupe 33 37 35 72 185 Isle of Man 33 40 41 46 186 Marshall Islands 30 36 30 58 187 Bahamas 30 31 38 39 188 Western Sahara 30 37 38 47 189 Andorra 29 34 43 43 190 Curaçao 28 35 47 56 191 Cayman Islands 28 28 38 37 192 Solomon Islands 27 29 44 62 193 Guinea-Bissau 24 34 66 120 194 U.S. Virgin Islands 24 26 21 40 São Tomé & Príncipe 23 35 104 165 196 Vanuatu 23 33 40 57 197 Grenada 22 25 28 30 22 29 13 43 No. 183 195 198 Country/Territory St. Vincent & Grenadines 26 Users Visits Unique Searches Page Views 199 Bermuda 22 25 43 31 200 Gibraltar 21 22 36 40 201 St. Kitts & Nevis 20 43 23 63 202 Faroe Islands 19 29 54 58 203 Eritrea 18 19 8 24 204 Aruba 17 18 15 24 205 Greenland 17 24 12 34 206 Antigua & Barbuda 15 19 17 25 Svalbard & Jan Mayen 14 17 14 28 208 Samoa 14 16 4 27 209 French Guiana 14 14 18 16 210 St. Lucia 13 15 8 15 211 Palau 13 14 98 214 212 American Samoa 11 12 14 13 213 Comoros 11 13 27 39 214 Equatorial Guinea 10 11 11 17 215 Sint Maarten 10 13 24 22 216 Dominica 10 11 15 16 217 Antarctica 8 14 6 34 8 8 13 11 219 Mayotte 8 8 11 10 220 San Marino 7 7 10 13 7 8 4 11 222 Åland Islands 5 6 7 9 Caribbean Netherlands 5 5 1 5 224 Tonga 5 5 11 6 225 Nauru 4 4 0 8 No. 207 218 221 223 Country/Territory Central African Republic Northern Mariana Islands 27 Users Visits Unique Searches Page Views 4 4 1 4 227 Tuvalu 4 4 4 6 228 Cook Islands 3 3 0 3 229 St. Martin 3 5 3 7 230 Anguilla 3 3 2 5 3 5 4 5 3 3 1 3 2 2 0 4 234 Niue 2 2 3 2 235 Vatican City 2 2 3 2 236 U.S. Outlying Islands 2 2 2 2 237 Kiribati 2 2 4 2 238 British Indian Ocean Territory 1 1 0 1 239 Norfolk Island 1 1 3 1 240 Wallis & Futuna 1 1 0 1 241 North Korea 1 1 1 1 No. Country/Territory 226 Turks & Caicos Islands 231 French Southern Territories 232 Montserrat 233 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 28 Table 3. Input to the INIS Repository Arranged by Country of Input. Vol. 54 (1-50) 2023 - Total No. of Records 127 305 Country Code Country Name Total Total Voluntary Total National AE United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 AF Afghanistan 0 0 0 AL Albania 0 0 0 AM Armenia 99 0 99 AR Argentina 268 156 112 AT Austria 1416 0 1416 AU Australia 277 0 277 AZ Azerbaijan 93 0 93 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 BD Bangladesh 0 0 0 BE Belgium 15 0 15 BF Burkina Faso 0 0 0 BG Bulgaria 208 0 208 BI Burundi 0 0 0 BJ Benin 0 0 0 BO Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0 0 0 BR Brazil 3129 10 3119 BW Botswana 0 0 0 BY Belarus 162 0 162 CA Canada 449 0 449 CD 0 0 0 CF Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Central African Republic 0 0 0 CH Switzerland 0 0 0 CI Cote d'Ivoire 0 0 0 CL Chile 33 0 33 CM Cameroon 0 0 0 CN China 4351 0 4351 CO Colombia 10 0 10 CR Costa Rica 90 0 90 CU Cuba 102 0 102 CY Cyprus 0 0 0 CZ Czech Republic 166 0 166 DE Germany 6780 0 6780 DK Denmark 1 0 1 DZ Algeria 0 0 0 EC Ecuador 0 0 0 EE Estonia 0 0 0 29 Country Code Country Name Total Total Voluntary Total National EG Egypt 493 118 375 ES Spain 192 0 192 ET Ethiopia 0 0 0 FI Finland 0 0 0 FR France 6310 2302 4008 GA Gabon 0 0 0 GB United Kingdom 0 0 0 GE Georgia 180 0 180 GH Ghana 32 0 32 GR Greece 0 0 0 GT Guatemala 0 0 0 HR Croatia 0 0 0 HT Haiti 0 0 0 HU Hungary 565 0 565 ID Indonesia 518 0 518 IE Ireland 0 0 0 IL Israel 0 0 0 IN India 4252 0 4252 IQ Iraq 0 0 0 IR Iran, Islamic Republic of 0 0 0 IT Italy 0 0 0 JM Jamaica 0 0 0 JO Jordan 11 0 11 JP Japan 5859 0 5859 KE Kenya 112 11 101 KG Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 KR Korea, Republic of 500 38 462 KW Kuwait 0 0 0 KZ Kazakhstan 0 0 0 LB Lebanon 0 0 0 LK Sri Lanka 2 1 1 LS Lesotho 0 0 0 LT Lithuania 0 0 0 LU Luxembourg 0 0 0 LV Latvia 0 0 0 LY Libya 0 0 0 MA Morocco 0 0 0 MD Moldova, Republic of 0 0 0 MG Madagascar 11 9 2 MK North Macedonia, Republic of 58 0 58 30 Country Code Country Name Total Total Voluntary Total National ML Mali 0 0 0 MM Myanmar 0 0 0 MN Mongolia 91 0 91 MR Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0 0 0 MU Mauritius 0 0 0 MX Mexico 223 0 223 MY Malaysia 325 0 325 MZ Mozambique 0 0 0 NA Namibia 0 0 0 NE Niger 0 0 0 NG Nigeria 0 0 0 NI Nicaragua 0 0 0 NL Netherlands 0 0 0 NO Norway 0 0 0 NZ New Zealand 10 0 10 OM Oman 0 0 0 PA Panama 0 0 0 PE Peru 0 0 0 PH Philippines 66 47 19 PK Pakistan 1099 0 1099 PL Poland 0 0 0 PT Portugal 0 0 0 PY Paraguay 0 0 0 QA Qatar 0 0 0 QM WNA 0 0 0 QR SESAME 0 0 0 RO Romania 10 0 10 RS Serbia 0 0 0 RU Russian Federation 2057 0 2057 SA Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 SC Seychelles 0 0 0 SD Sudan 0 0 0 SE Sweden 0 0 0 SG Singapore 0 0 0 SI Slovenia 0 0 0 SK Slovakia 350 0 350 SL Sierra Leone 0 0 0 SN Senegal 0 0 0 SV El Salvador 0 0 0 SY Syrian Arab Republic 51 0 51 31 Country Code Country Name Total Total Voluntary Total National TD Chad 0 0 0 TH Thailand 0 0 0 TJ Tajikistan 522 0 522 TN Tunisia 0 0 0 TR Turkey 0 0 0 TZ Tanzania, United Republic of 0 0 0 UA Ukraine 317 0 317 UG Uganda 0 0 0 US United States 1600 318 1282 UY Uruguay 0 0 0 UZ Uzbekistan 0 0 0 VE Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0 0 0 VN Viet Nam 0 0 0 XA IAEA 83671 81710 1961 XC CERN 0 0 0 XE EC 0 0 0 XF FAO 0 0 0 XH AAEA 16 0 16 XI IIASA 0 0 0 XJ JINR 117 0 117 XN NEA 0 0 0 XS ISO 0 0 0 YE Yemen 0 0 0 ZA South Africa 36 2 34 ZM Zambia 0 0 0 ZW Zimbabwe 0 0 0 127 305 84 722 42 583 Total: 32 Table 4. Full text NCL per Country/International Organization 2023. NCL w/full text PDF Files (Hosted in INIS) France 3635 3410 IAEA 1134 265 United Kingdom 1056 1056 Brazil 967 116 Germany 654 654 Indonesia 327 327 Japan 312 312 Australia 277 1 Slovakia 231 136 Tajikistan 182 180 South Africa 158 158 Belarus 133 133 Poland 128 100 JINR 117 1 Kenya 100 100 Mexico 96 96 Czech Republic 50 26 Mongolia 47 1 Bulgaria 40 40 Argentina 35 35 Syrian Arab Republic 29 29 North Macedonia, Republic of 25 25 China 24 24 Peru 24 0 European Commission 16 16 India 12 12 United States 8 8 Belgium 2 2 Denmark 1 1 Jordan 1 1 Canada 1 1 Sri Lanka 1 1 9823 7267 Country /Int’l Org. Total: 33
