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Update 311 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

The IAEA has received further details about the dam constructed to secure cooling water for the systems needed to maintain the reactor units at Ukraine’s ZNPP in cold shutdown. Continue reading

IAEA Observes Commitment to Operational Safety at Bangladesh’s First Nuclear Power Plant

An IAEA team of experts said that the operator of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh is committed to further enhance its operational safety performance. Continue reading

Tokyo International Conference on African Development: Ministers Highlight IAEA Impact

At the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, ministers highlighted the impact of the IAEA’s Rays of Hope and Atoms4Food initiatives. Continue reading

Update 310 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

The sustained presence of the IAEA at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant has been essential to our ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of a nuclear accident amid the conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said, as the IAEA approaches three y... Continue reading

Bouchra Boustani – From Industry to Nuclear Security

Hailing from a small coastal town of Mohammedia near Casablanca in Morocco, Bouchra’s love for mathematics and physics was encouraged by a family that prized intellectual curiosity. Continue reading

Madagascar Shows Commitment to Improving Cancer Care, with Focus on Women’s Health

An international review has found that Madagascar has laid strong foundations for cancer control, expanding cervical cancer services, maintaining a health workforce and ensuring collaboration between health and radiation safety authorities. Continue reading

Recycling Radioactive Sources for Cancer Care: IAEA Initiative Continues to Deliver

An IAEA project to transfer disused radium sources for use in cancer treatment has now conducted nearly a dozen international transfers. Continue reading

Career Development Initiative for Women in Nuclear Concludes for 2025

Women working in the nuclear field visited Canada last week as part of an IAEA initiative to boost their career development. During the third and final visit of the 2025 IAEA Lise Meitner Programme, participants took part in a two-week training focus... Continue reading