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International Monitoring System
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization.
International Monitoring System (IMS)
The International Monitoring System consists of 337 facilities worldwide to monitor the planet for signs of nuclear explosions. This will include 321 monitoring stations, as well as 16 laboratories. On 19 November 2018, the CTBTO announced that all 21 monitoring facilities located in Australia were completed "and sending reliable, high-quality data ... in Vienna, Austria, for analysis." Regular conferences are held for the wider scientific community as well as diplomats, international media and civil society.