2005-12-22 |
Nuclear safety and security goes well beyond the world of nuclear power plants, with increasingly global dimensions. In February 2006, the IAEA kicks off its annual meetings with an international conference in Moscow for senior nuclear regulators that examines the expanding regulatory framework.
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2005-12-22 |
In January 2006, the IAEA is convening a seminar on complex technical issues in the transport of radioactive materials. The seminar is being held at IAEA headquarters 11-12 January, with expected participation by more than 100 policymakers and advisers worldwide.
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2005-12-22 |
2005 was a year of highs and lows on the world's nuclear scene. Some January to December highlights from the pages of IAEA.org:
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2005-12-09 |
With the Peace Prize ceremony only one day away, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Ole Danbolt Mjøs, gives an insider´s glimpse at the 2005 peace prize. In a candid interview, he describes why the IAEA and its Director General was chosen, how their success will be measured, and why this years´ award is a challenge to all to eliminate nuclear weapons.
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2005-12-06 |
The Nobel Peace Prize celebrations are about to start in Oslo, Norway with a hectic three-day line-up for the IAEA and its Director General, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, who jointly won this year´s prize.
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2005-12-02 |
Participants at the Montreal Conference on Climate Change this week were briefed on the role of nuclear power in the context of the world's concerns over global warming and climate change. The IAEA and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency hosted a side event session that reviewed the global status and outlook for nuclear power.
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2005-12-02 |
Today's nuclear power plants are performing at higher safety levels than twenty years ago, but there is no room for complacency when it comes to their continuing safe operation, delegates at the International Conference on Operational Safety Performance in Nuclear Installations in Vienna heard this week.
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2005-12-01 |
Board approval of comprehensive safeguards agreements and additional protocols 2001-2005
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2005-11-28 |
Belarus and Malaysia recently signed what is known as an additional protocol to their safeguards agreements with the IAEA, which will eventually allow for more effective and efficient nuclear inspections in their countries. They are the latest of 16 States that have signed additional protocols this year. Overall, the number of additional protocol signatories grew by 20% in 2005 reaching the 100 mark in July.
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2005-11-25 |
The Nobel Peace Prize money awarded to the Agency will be used to create a fund for fellowships and training to improve cancer management and childhood nutrition in the developing world, the IAEA Board of Governors decided at its meeting today in Vienna.
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