IAEA Director General Visit to Moscow, Russia

17 May 2013 | IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano is in Moscow, Russia from 16-20 May for a series of high-level meetings with senior Russian officials and to visit key facilities. Read More »

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Environmental Monitoring

17 May 2013 | It’s a sight you don’t often see at the headquarters of the IAEA in Vienna. Read More »

IAEA to Host Experts' Meeting on Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety

17 May 2013 | 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 »

Remarks by Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts

15 May 2013 | 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 »

Senior European Officials Visit IAEA Labs in Seibersdorf

15 May 2013 (Updated) | Ambassadors and other diplomats of European Union (EU) countries, senior European Commission (EC) staff and Ambassador Györgyi Martin Zanathy, the Head of the EU Delegation in Vienna, convened at the IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria, on 14 May 2013 to receive in-depth briefings on the science conducted there and on the IAEA's plans for modernisation of the laboratories. Read More »

IAEA Regional Workshop Details Support for Pacific Islands States

6 May 2013 | At a three-day IAEA Regional Workshop for Pacific Islands States, held in Nadi, Fiji, from 29 April to 1 May 2013, 30 participants from 12 countries (Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu), in addition to an observer from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, met to learn more about the IAEA's support to States in the region, as well as to identify areas of possible cooperation in the future and help to establish channels of communication with the IAEA. Read More »

International Expert Team Concludes IAEA Peer Review of Poland's Regulatory Framework for Nuclear and Radiation Safety

30 April 2013 | International safety experts last week concluded a two-week International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to review the regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety in Poland. Read More »

Good Advice

30 April 2013 | A workplace without enough women is missing out on 50% of the finest minds on the planet. Read More »

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

25 April 2013 | 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 Team Completes Initial Review of Japan's Plans to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi

22 April 2013 | An IAEA expert team on 22 April 2013 completed an initial review of Japan’s efforts to plan and implement the decommissioning of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Read More »

International Expert Team Concludes IAEA Peer Review of Bulgaria's Regulatory Framework for Nuclear and Radiation Safety

19 April 2013 | An international team of senior nuclear safety and radiation protection experts today concluded a 12-day mission to review the regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety in Bulgaria. Read More »

New Masters Programme in Nuclear Security is Launched at Delft University of Technology

18 April 2013 | A ceremony launching the first ever Masters Programme in Nuclear Security was held on 18 April 2013 at the Reactor Institute of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, marking the growing importance of security on the global nuclear agenda. Read More »

IAEA and UNCCD Join Forces to Strengthen Good Soil Management Practices in Dryland Areas

18 April 2013 | The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on 18 April 2013, signed an agreement to collaborate in the use of nuclear technologies to strengthen the assessment of soil erosion and monitor improvements over time. Read More »

IAEA Activities in Nuclear Security

18 April 2013 | Statement at the Reactor Institute Delft by IAEA Director General, Yukiya Amano. Read More »

Conference on Regulatory Effectiveness Concludes

17 April 2013 | On 12 April 2013 at the conclusion of the International Conference on Nuclear Regulatory Effectiveness, nuclear regulators from over 50 countries called for action to strengthen nuclear regulatory effectiveness and to increase their information sharing. Read More »