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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Interview with Mohamed
ElBaradei  BAS (Vol. 65/5, September/October 2009 Edition), 1
September 2009  (See BAS: Evolution of ElBaradei: Interview |
ElBaradei Legacy)  After three terms, 12 years, and countless
unprecedented challenges, the IAEA can´t help but be changed by
its outgoing Director General. Three months before Mohamed
Elbaradei leaves office, he explains how such an evolution is
only a start.  When Mohamed ElBaradei became Director General of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 1997, noone
thought he would emerge as a transformative leader or that he
would catapult the narrowly focused U.N. technical Agency to
international prominence. But 12 years later, as ElBaradei´s
tenure comes to a close, he leaves the Agency with an expanded
and assertive mission - in nuclear verification, non-
proliferation and disarmament.  He is a strident in