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IAEA Media Advisories

IAEA to Brief Media Ahead of Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in Saint Petersburg

| IAEA nuclear energy specialist, Anne Starz, will brief members of the media on 18 June at 14:30 to provide context and background information ahead of the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century, to be held 27 - 29 June 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. Read More »

Press Arrangements for IAEA Board of Governors Meeting,    3-7 June 2013

| The IAEA Board of Governors will convene a meeting at the Agency's headquarters starting at 10:00 CET on Monday, 3 June 2013 in Boardroom C of the C-Building, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). Read More »

UPDATE: IAEA to Host Experts' Meeting on Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety - TIME CHANGE

| The IAEA will host an International Experts' Meeting (IEM) on Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety in the Light of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant from 21 to 24 May 2013. Read More »

IAEA to Designate Capacity Building Centre in Fukushima for Emergency Preparedness and Response

| The IAEA, supported by the Government of Japan, will designate a new Response and Assistance Network (RANET) Capacity Building Centre in the city of Fukushima next week. Read More »

Remarks by Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts

| The following is a transcript of remarks made on 15 May 2013 by Herman Nackaerts, Deputy Director General for Safeguards, at the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna, after talks with Iranian officials. Read More »

Future of Nuclear Power in Focus at IAEA Ministerial Conference in Saint Petersburg

| Government ministers and international experts will discuss the future of nuclear energy at an IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century, to be held 27 - 29 June 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. Read More »

IAEA Experts to Visit Fukushima Daiichi Site, Review Japan’s Decommissioning Plans

| An IAEA expert team will visit Japan this month at the request of the Japanese government to review the nation’ s efforts to plan and implement the decommissioning of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Read More »

IAEA Conference to Discuss Nuclear Regulatory Systems

| The International Atomic Energy Agency will convene an International Conference next week in Ottawa, Canada, to discuss various aspects related to nuclear regulatory systems. Read More »

Statement by Chairman of IAEA Board of Governors, H.E. Ambassador John Barrett of Canada

| In a decision taken by acclamation, the IAEA Board of Governors re-appointed the current Director General, Yukiya Amano, to a further four-year term of office. Read More »

IAEA International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles, 4-7 March 2013, Paris, France

| Journalists are invited to attend a four-day International Conference in Paris to review fast reactor and fuel cycle technology advances, safety, economic and proliferation resistant related issues. Read More »

Press Arrangements for IAEA Board of Governors Meeting,   4-8 March 2013

| The IAEA Board of Governors will convene a meeting at the Agency's headquarters starting at 10:00 CET on Monday, 4 March 2013 in Boardroom A of the M-Building, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). Read More »

Remarks by Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts

14 February 2013 | Good morning. We had discussions on the structured approach document but could not finalize the document. Read More »

IAEA To Highlight Global Health Crisis on World Cancer Day

| The IAEA will mark World Cancer Day on Monday, 4 February 2013 with an event to raise awareness about the nature of cancer in low- and middle-income countries. Read More »

Joint Press Statement of First EU-IAEA Senior Officials Meeting on 25 January 2013

25 January 2013 | Officials of the EU and the IAEA met in Brussels for a first ever Senior Level meeting bringing together officials from the European External Action Service and various EU Commission Services with Senior officials from the IAEA to discuss enhanced cooperation between the institutions. Read More »

IAEA to Host Experts' Meeting on Post-Accident Nuclear Decommissioning and Remediation

| The IAEA will host a five-day International Experts' Meeting (IEM) on Decommissioning and Remediation After a Nuclear Accident from 28 January to 1 February 2013. Read More »

Statement on IAEA-Iran Talks

14 December 2012 | The following is a transcript of remarks made on 14 December 2012 by Herman Nackaerts, Deputy Director General for Safeguards, upon returning to Vienna, after talks between senior International Atomic Energy Agency officials and Iranian representatives in Tehran on 12 December 2012. Read More »

Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety

| | The IAEA will brief Vienna-based journalists about the Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety, to be held in Fukushima Prefecture on 15-17 December 2012. Read More »

IAEA International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine - Setting Scene for Next Decade, 3-7 December 2012

| Journalists are invited to attend a major international conference in Bonn addressing radiation protection in medicine that will propose taking new steps to protect patients around the globe. Read More »

Press Arrangements for IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 29-30 November 2012

| The IAEA Board of Governors will convene a meeting at the Agency's headquarters starting at 10:00 CET on Thursday, 29 November 2012 in Boardroom A of the M-Building, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). Read More »

IAEA Offers 50th Anniversary Press Tour of Seibersdorf Labs

| The 50th anniversary of the opening of IAEA’s Nuclear Applications Laboratories in Seibersdorf will be marked in a ceremony to be held from 11:00-12:00 on 28 November in Boardroom A, M building at the Vienna International Centre (VIC). Read More »

IAEA, Japan to hold the Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety

| Japan, in co-sponsorship with the IAEA, will hold the Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety in Fukushima Prefecture on 15-17 December. Read More »

IAEA Statement on Meeting with Dr. Fereydoun Abbasi

18 September 2012 | The Director General of the IAEA, Yukiya Amano, met yesterday with H.E. Dr Fereydoun Abbasi, Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Head of the Atomic Energy Agency of Iran (AEOI). Read More »

Press Briefing at Close of IAEA Meeting on Protection Against Extreme Earthquakes and Tsunamis

| Journalists are invited to a Press Briefing upon the adjournment of the International Experts' Meeting (IEM) on Protection Against Extreme Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Light of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Friday, 7 September 2012, 11.30 CET in Boardroom A, M-Building, Vienna International Centre (VIC). Read More »

Press Arrangements for 56th IAEA General Conference

| Representatives from the 154 Member States of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will meet at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) on Monday, 17 September, starting at 10:00 CET, for the five-day IAEA annual General Conference to discuss major topics on the organization's agenda. Read More »

Press Arrangements for IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 10-14 September 2012

| The IAEA Board of Governors will convene a meeting at the Agency's headquarters starting at 10:00 CET on Monday, 10 September, in Boardroom A of the M-Building, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). Read More »