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IAEA Director General’s Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors

Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors by IAEA Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi. Continue reading

Director General’s Statement on Serious Situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant

Statement by IAEA Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi about the serious situation that developed last night at Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. Continue reading

IAEA Sees Strengthened Operational Safety at UAE’s First Nuclear Power Plant, Encourages Continued Improvement

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said the operator of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the first NPP in the Arab region, had strengthened operational safety by fully addressing the findings ... Continue reading

Update 99 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

Renewed shelling has damaged a back-up power line between Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and a nearby thermal power station, further underlining significant nuclear safety risks at the facility, the International Atomic Energy Agency... Continue reading

UN Security Council: IAEA Grossi Calls for Establishment of Nuclear Safety and Security Protection Zone at Zaporizhzhya NPP

The establishment of a Nuclear Safety and Security Protection Zone at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Ukraine is urgently needed to ensure that the physical integrity of the plant is not compromised, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi... Continue reading

IAEA’s Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhya

Last week, the IAEA's Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhya (ISAMZ) travelled to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant to assess the nuclear safety and security situation at the plant. The Agency has now set up a continuous presence of th... Continue reading

IAEA Launches New Safeguards Seal

Seals are one of the tools that IAEA safeguards inspectors use to verify that nuclear material is used only for peaceful purposes, at more than 1,300 facilities around the world. And this year, the organization is introducing a new generation of seals. Continue reading

What is Nuclear Energy? The Science of Nuclear Power

Nuclear energy is a form of energy released from the nucleus, the core of atoms, made up of protons and neutrons. Continue reading