2012
Year:
IAEA Support for Turkey's Nuclear Power Programme
2012-11-14 | Turkey and the IAEA have agreed on a close cooperation in the development of the national infrastructure for the country's new nuclear power programme. Senior IAEA experts recently met with Turkish government officials in Ankara. Read More »
IAEA Delivers Report on Nuclear Power Development to Belarus Deputy Prime Minister
2012-10-05 | The International Atomic Energy Agency delivered the final report from an IAEA Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission to Belarus. Read More »
Roles and Challenges of Future Owners and Operators in Countries Embarking on Nuclear Power Programmes
2012-09-20 | Around 90 delegates and other participants to the IAEA General Conference attended a GC side event on Roles and Challenges of Future Owners and Operators in Countries Embarking on Nuclear Power Programmes, held on 19 September 2012 and chaired by Mr Michael Debes of EDF, France. Read More »
Nuclear Energy for Energy Security
2012-09-19 | This side event presented the integrated services of the IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy for Member States which are considering the development of nuclear energy programmes. Representatives from Bangladesh, Indonesia and Poland explained how they benefit from IAEA services in this area. Read More »
IAEA Nuclear Power Newsletter - September 2012
2012-09-07 | The latest issue of this Newsletter highlights the contributions of the Division of Nuclear Power to the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety. It includes the schedule (p. 2) and background articles (p. 4?7) on all Side Events, organized by the Division during the 56th IAEA General Conference (17-21 September 2012). Read More »
UAE is first 'newcomer' in 27 years to start nuclear power plant construction
2012-08-30 | The United Arab Emirates is the first country to start the construction of its first nuclear power plant in 27 years, since construction was started on China's first plant in 1985. Read More »
Belarus Making Important Progress on Path to Nuclear Power
2012-06-29 | Belarus has made important progress in its development of nuclear infrastructure for a nuclear power programme, an IAEA review by a team of international experts has concluded. The INIR mission said that Belarus is on its way to being well-prepared with its infrastructure to support the construction of a nuclear power plant. Read More »
Joint TC/NE Side Event at NPT PrepCom: Supporting New Nuclear Power Programmes
2012-05-07 | A side event for delegates of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee (NPT-PrepCom) highlighted IAEA Member States' opportunities to develop nuclear power programmes and covered recent developments in some national nuclear power programmes as well as international cooperation and partnerships. Read More »
Progress in Bangladesh's Nuclear Power Programme
2012-04-18 | Following an Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission to Bangladesh last November, IAEA Deputy Director General for Nuclear Energy Alexander Bychkov recently visited Bangladesh to discuss the country's Rooppur nuclear power project with high-level government officials. Read More »
Jordan Receives Follow-up Mission to INIR
2012-04-10 | Jordan received a follow-up mission to review its action plan, responding to recommendations from the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review mission conducted in August 2009. Read More »
Enhancing the Environmental Component in the New Nuclear Power Programmes
2012-03-28 | Environmental protection is an important aspect in deploying new nuclear power programmes. As national practices and knowledge in tackling environmental issues may vary greatly, INIG organized a Technical Meeting last week to help nuclear "newcomers" build capacity in this area. Read More »
Meeting Announcement: Evaluation Methodology of the Status of National Nuclear Infrastructure Development and INIR
2012-03-07 | As a contribution to the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety, a Technical Meeting will be held at the IAEA on 18-20 June 2012 to exchange information on the application of the Milestones approach in the development of a national infrastructure for nuclear power, evaluation of the status of national nuclear infrastructure development and implementation of the Integrated Infrastructure Review Missions (INIR). Read More »
Meeting Announcement: Environmental Issues In New Nuclear Power Programmes
2012-03-06 | A Technical Meeting will be held at the IAEA on 20-23 March 2012 to exchange of information on ways to manage the development of a new nuclear power programme in an environmentally sound manner, consistent with the IAEA's Milestones approach. Read More »
Meeting Announcement: Building a National Position on Nuclear Power
2012-03-05 | A Technical Meeting will be held at the IAEA on 10-13 July 2012 to exchange of information on the development of national positions regarding new nuclear power programmes and to invite Member States' feedback on a draft of the IAEA Technical Document on "Building a National Position on a New Nuclear Power Programme". Read More »
Capacity Building for Nuclear Power Programmes
2012-03-02 | As a contribution to the IAEA Action Plan for Nuclear Safety, a Technical Meeting will be held at the IAEA on 17-20 April 2012 to support countries with nuclear power programmes and those planning to introduce nuclear power, in strengthening, developing, maintaining and implementing their capacity building programmes. Read More »
Workshop on Nuclear Infrastructure Development Begins in Vienna
2012-01-24 | At an IAEA workshop starting on 24 January 2011 in Vienna, IAEA Member States that are considering developing nuclear infrastructure will meet with experts to learn best practices and identify the main infrastructure issues that arise when introducing nuclear power. Read More »
Women - A Driving Force In Nuclear Power Programmes
2012-01-17 | Many countries are moving forward with their nuclear power programmes and women are taking on key leadership roles in developing the national nuclear agenda. Hanna Trojanowska of Poland and Monira Al Kuttab from the United Arab Emirates are two of the women making a difference in nuclear power programmes in their countries. In this article, they are explaining their career choices and their views about nuclear power. Read More »
IAEA Nuclear Power Newsletter - January 2012
2012-01-16 | The latest issue of the Division of Nuclear Power's newsletter has just been released. It reports about recent key events and activities in the areas of nuclear power engineering, nuclear power technology development, INPRO and nuclear power infrastructure development. Highlights of INIG are included on p 4-8. Read More »
