Finding a site for a nuclear or waste management facility and hosting it in a spirit of understanding and partnership are of fundamental importance in the nuclear industry. Continue reading →

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said the Netherlands has significantly strengthened its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety since 2014 and particularly by establishing a single independent regulatory body. Continue reading →

Radiation revolutionized medicine when it was first used to treat cancer in 1901. Its use, however, has only been able to evolve as far as technical innovation has allowed. Continue reading →

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano highlighted the good progress made in the delivery of technical cooperation (TC) projects, preparations for the 2020-2021 TC programme and the advances made to modernize the IAEA's nuclear applications laboratories, i... Continue reading →

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has signed contracts to purchase low enriched uranium (LEU), paving the way towards the establishment of the IAEA LEU Bank in 2019.   Continue reading →

Water scarcity, high temperatures and sandy soils have been a problem for farmers, especially women farmers, in Mauritania trying to grow vegetables under harsh conditions to feed their families and sell at local markets. Continue reading →

Some Space missions run for years, or even decades. They need reliable power to run scientific instruments and communications equipment. Nuclear batteries, so-called Radioisotope Power Systems, provide energy for a very long time. Radioisotope Power Sy... Continue reading →

Along the pine-lined shores of Finland's bucolic western coast, a clean energy vision of the Nordic country's future is quietly taking shape. Continue reading →