IAEA Press Releases
Statement by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei
25 April 2008 | The IAEA Secretariat was provided with information by the United States on 24 April claiming that the installation destroyed by Israel in Syria last September was a nuclear reactor. Read More »
EC Infuses Serbian Nuclear Relic Cleanup with Critical Donation
15 April 2008 | A global effort to remove dangerous spent fuel and decommission a Soviet-designed Serbian reactor on the outskirts of Belgrade cleared the second of three major funding hurdles. Read More »
Follow-up IAEA Report on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Published
26 February 2008 | A continuing review of the impact of a strong earthquake that led to the shut down of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan is likely to influence approaches to the seismic safety of nuclear power plants worldwide, a report by a second IAEA fact finding mission investigating the event said. Read More »
High-Level Panel of Experts to Recommend Future Course for IAEA
25 February 2008 | A high-level panel of experts, charged by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei with making an assessment of the challenges the IAEA will faceup to the year 2020 and beyond, holds its initial meetings in Vienna 25 - 26 February. Read More »
Latest Iran Safeguards Report Circulated to IAEA Board
22 February 2008 | IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei has circulated a report to the 35-member IAEA Board of Governors regarding Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions 1737 (2006) and 1747 (2007) in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Read More »
IAEA Concludes Follow-Up Mission to Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant
1 February 2008 | An IAEA follow-up fact-finding mission to the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan has concluded from the examination of the plant´s key safety areas that there was no significant damage to safety equipment from a strong earthquake last year. Read More »
IAEA Experts Complete Visit to Pelindaba Nuclear Facility in South Africa
25 January 2008 | IAEA experts have completed a visit to the Pelindaba nuclear facility of the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) following an invitation from South African authorities to exchange views on the lessons learned after armed men broke into the complex on 8 November 2007. Read More »
IAEA Chief Concludes Iranian Visit
13 January 2008 | Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General, accompanied by Mr. Olli Heinonen, Deputy Director General for Safeguards and Mr. Vilmos Cserveny, Director for External Relations and Policy Coordination, visited Teheran from 11 to 12 January 2008. Read More »
IAEA Invited to Send Follow-up Mission to Japan
11 January 2008 | The IAEA is to send a follow-up mission to Tokyo and the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant from 28 January-1 February 2008, following an invitation from Japan´s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA). Read More »
Statement by IAEA Director General on New U.S. Intelligence Estimate on Iran
4 December 2007 | IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei received with great interest the new U.S. National Intelligence Estimate about Iran´s nuclear program which concludes that there has been no ongoing nuclear weapons program in Iran since the fall of 2003. Read More »
IAEA-India to Launch Consultations for India-Specific Safeguards Agreement
21 November 2007 | IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei and the Chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission, Anil Kakodkar, met today at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna. Read More »
Special Event Launches New Partnership
24 October 2007 | IAEA Director General and Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei will join more than 100 leading public figures, philanthropists and cancer experts at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 29 October to mark the launch of a new partnership between the IAEA and the US-based National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR). Read More »