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Update 22 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today that the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) had been re-connected to the national electricity grid and no longer relied on emergency diesel generators for power, Director General Raf... Continue reading

Call for Papers: Symposium on International Safeguards: Reflecting on the Past and Anticipating the Future

Those interested in contributing papers for the IAEA Symposium on International Safeguards: Reflecting on the Past and Anticipating the Future, taking place from 31 October to 4 November 2022, have until 31 of March to submit their abstracts. Continue reading

IAEA Lab Renovation Initiative Achieves Funding Milestone

Thanks to a joint contribution from eight countries, the IAEA has reached a critical milestone in completing the final phase of the modernization of its nuclear applications laboratories, known as ReNuAL2. In a Board of Governors session on Monday, the... Continue reading

IAEA Trains Latin American Scientists in Fighting Banana Disease

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has trained scientists from six Latin American countries in using nuclear and related techniques to detect and contain a banana disease threatening a quarter of the global production of a crop that is provi... Continue reading

IAEA Mission Says Pakistan’s Regulatory Body Effective, Encourages Continued Focus on Radioactive Waste Management

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission said that new and updated nuclear safety regulations in Pakistan have significantly updated and strengthened nuclear and radiation safety in the country. Continue reading

Nuclear Science and Resilience in the Face of Climate Change – International Women’s Day 2022

The impacts of climate change, although universal, are not felt equally by all. Continue reading

Framework for the Safety and Security of Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Plants must be Agreed, IAEA Director General Tells Board of Governors

“We see what is happening on the ground in Ukraine. This time, if there is a nuclear accident, the cause will not be a tsunami brought on by mother nature. Instead, it will be the result of human failure to act when we knew we could, and we knew we sho... Continue reading

ZODIAC Helps Lab Prepare for Early Detection of Future Pandemics

When there is an outbreak of a zoonotic disease — an animal disease that can spill over from animals to humans, for example Ebola, Zika or COVID-19 — it is important to identify and characterize the causative agent quickly. Continue reading