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Remarks by Director General Yukiya Amano at New Year Reception

Statement at the New Year Reception by IAEA Director General, Yukiya Amano. Continue reading

How Can Nuclear Science Help Criminal Investigations?

How can nuclear science help criminal investigations? Continue reading

Kuwaiti Experts Use Nuclear Technology to Study the Marine Environment

In the face of climate change and increased industrial activity, scientists in Kuwait are using nuclear science to address challenges to the marine environment, with the assistance of the IAEA. Continue reading

Bulgaria Stops Spread of Animal Disease with Help of IAEA and FAO

Bulgaria has halted the spread of the Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) — a virus disease that can devastate livestock — thanks, in part, to the support of the IAEA and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This was the firs... Continue reading

IAEA Concludes Long-Term Operational Safety Review at Spain’s Ascó and Vandellós Nuclear Power Plants

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts yesterday completed a review of long-term operational safety at the Ascó and Vandellós Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) in Spain. Continue reading

Using Nuclear Science in Marker-Assisted Plant Breeding

Imagine you must identify a glass of seawater among a hundred glasses of drinking water merely by looking at them. Almost impossible Continue reading

Ensuring the Safe Use of Advanced Radiotherapy in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Early and honest reporting on incidents and near misses is key to improving safety in radiotherapy. This is one of the messages participants took home this week from a workshop on risk assessment in advanced radiotherapy techniques organized by the IAE... Continue reading

The IAEA and Climate Change: Adaptation, Monitoring and Mitigation

Climate change is one of the biggest environmental challenges affecting humanity today, causing a dangerous rise in sea levels and disturbances to the water cycle and leading to more frequent extreme weather events. Continue reading