New IAEA Publication about Detecting Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control
A new IAEA publication offers law enforcement agencies and frontline officers detailed guidance to support them in combatting criminal acts involving nuclear or other radioactive material that has fallen out of regulatory control. Continue reading
Climate-Smart Agriculture Enables Asian Farmers to Increase Rice Productivity
Farmers in six Asian countries have used nuclear derived climate-smart agricultural practices and significantly increased their rice yields with the help of the IAEA and the FAO. Continue reading
Update 247 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi will next week travel to Ukraine to hold high-level talks and assess developments at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), where nuclear safety and security remains precarious. Continue reading
Understanding Human Calorie Needs: IAEA Supports FAO and WHO
For the first time the IAEA is to help United Nations nutrition experts reevaluate human energy requirements: a key input for assessing global hunger that was last evaluated in 2001. Continue reading
Mozambique is Prioritizing Cancers Affecting Women and Children
The sub-Saharan African country of Mozambique is currently experiencing a high burden of infectious disease coupled with a growing burden of non-communicable diseases including cancer. Continue reading
IAEA Director General Statement on Kursk Nuclear Power Plant
Given the serious situation, I am personally leading the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in the Russian Federation.
The safety and security of all nuclear power plants is of central and fundamen... Continue reading
Update 246 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost connection to its only remaining off-site back-up power line yesterday, leaving it once again precariously reliant on a single power source, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the Internatio... Continue reading
IAEA Informed of Drone at Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, Director General Grossi to Assess Site
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed by the Russian Federation today that the remains of a drone were found within the territory of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. Continue reading

