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Update 298 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) remains reliant on one single off-site power line to receive the external electricity it needs to cool its six reactors and their spent fuel, some seven weeks after it lost the connection to its last ba... Continue reading

World Bank Group, IAEA Formalize Partnership to Collaborate on Nuclear Energy for Development

The partnership agreement, signed by World Bank Group President Ajay Banga and IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, formalizes multiple engagements between the two institutions over the last year, and marks the World Bank Group’s first concrete... Continue reading

Global Nuclear Emergency Exercise Concludes, Testing International Response in Simulated Reactor Accident

The IAEA, in collaboration with over 75 countries and 10 international organizations, successfully concluded a 36-hour simulation that tested global readiness and response mechanisms to a severe nuclear emergency scenario at Romania’s Cernavodă Nuclear... Continue reading

Call for Abstracts for Conference on Nuclear and Radiation Regulatory Systems

Interested contributors have until 1 September 2025 to submit abstracts for an IAEA conference on effective nuclear and radiation regulatory systems. Continue reading

Update on Developments in Iran (6)

Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has welcomed today’s announcements regarding the situation in Iran and stressed the need for a resumption of the IAEA’s indispensable safeguards verification work in the country following a 12-day military conflic... Continue reading

IAEA Launches Management System Advisory Service to Support the Introduction of Nuclear Power, Conducts First Mission to Saudi Arabia

The IAEA conducted its first-ever management systems advisory service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 19 to 22 May 2025. Continue reading

IAEA and Romania to Launch Global Nuclear Emergency Response Exercise

The IAEA and Romania will launch tomorrow, 24 June, the world’s largest and most complex international nuclear emergency exercise, simulating a severe accident at Romania’s Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant. Such exercises are held every three to five year... Continue reading

Advancing Cancer Care in Niger

Through its Rays of Hope initiative, the IAEA is supporting efforts to strengthen radiotherapy services in Niger, aiming to expand access to cancer care where it is needed most. Continue reading