The IAEA’s 66th General Conference has been running in Vienna this week. The decisions made by the 175 IAEA member states at the General Conference are providing solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time such as non-proliferation, energy se... Continue reading →

Eleven countries have been newly elected to serve on the 35-member IAEA Board of Governors for the period 2022-2023.  Continue reading →

While medical procedures using radiation save lives every day around the globe, strong national frameworks for radiation protection and safety are needed to ensure that patients and their caregivers are protected from unnecessary or unintended exposure. Continue reading →

The management of disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRS)—including characterization, packaging, removal and other aspects—is a service much in demand. Continue reading →

Food and nutrition security — or regular access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food — continue to be challenged by often overlapping factors, including droughts, floods or harmful insects. Continue reading →

Eleven countries have been newly elected to serve on the 35-member IAEA Board of Governors for the 2022–2023 period. The election took place on Thursday, 29 September, at the plenary session of the 66th IAEA General Conference. Continue reading →

Plastic pollution has become one of the major global environmental challenges of the century; projections show that by 2050 the oceans may have more plastic than fish. Nuclear technology has emerged as one innovative solution to this growing problem. Continue reading →

Nuclear power plant (NPP) operators, faced with a high number of suppliers and differing standards of industrial parts, increasingly see harmonization of their interactions with the supply chain as key to the success of existing and future NPPs. Continue reading →