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IAEA Holds Pilot Course to Help Future Nuclear Leaders Sharpen Safety Leadership Skills

A one-week course on nuclear and radiological leadership for safety is now open for application. The IAEA is looking for junior and middle management nuclear professionals with proven leadership potential to participate in this training. Continue reading

IAEA Director General Held Talks With Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano met with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister S. Abbas Araghchi last week to discuss the Agency's verification and monitoring of Iran's nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as w... Continue reading

Les techniques isotopiques permettent à des agriculteurs béninois de tripler le rendement de leurs cultures et d’améliorer leurs conditions de vie

Léonard Djegui, cultivateur de soja, n’a pas eu la chance d’aller à l’école, mais il a appris deux choses sur la science nucléaire ces dernières années : ses terres sont constituées d’atomes, et ceux-ci lui ont permis de multiplier ses revenus par trois. Ainsi, il peut se faire construire une nouvelle maison et envoyer ses enfants à l’université. Continue reading

Isotopic Technique Helps Benin Farmers Triple Yields and Improve Livelihoods

Soybean farmer Leonard Djegui never had the chance to go to school but he has learned two facts about nuclear science in recent years: atoms make up the soil and they have helped triple his income, allowing him to build a new house and send his childre... Continue reading

One IAEA Workshop Boosts Several African Countries’ Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Preparedness

Over 300 professionals across Africa are now prepared to respond to a nuclear or radiological emergency, as a result of an IAEA workshop held in May 2015. Continue reading

Ten Years of Saving Lives: Controlling Cancer in Zambia

The wards may be full and the waiting times long, but at least the patients at the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) in Lusaka, Zambia have a chance of surviving their illness. Continue reading

Safety, Health and Energy Publications Top IAEA Bestseller List

Five safety publications, three publications related to radiotherapy and two books reviewing the status of nuclear energy worldwide were the most sought after IAEA publications in the first half of 2017. Continue reading

IAEA Laboratory for Occupational Radiation Monitoring Receives International Accreditation

The IAEA’s laboratory which provides services to many countries in occupational radiation monitoring has recently earned ISO re-accreditation, testifying that it meets the highest quality and procedural standards. Continue reading