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IAEA to Host Experts’ Meeting on Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety 17 May 2013 | The International Atomic Energy Agency (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 [...]

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 the talks with Iranian officials: “We had intensive discussions today but could not finalize [...]

The following is a transcript of remarks by Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts to reporters today, ahead of talks at the Iranian Permanent Mission: “Good morning everybody.  As we indicated in February, our goal is to finalize the structured approach document. This document is aimed at facilitating the resolution of outstanding issues regarding possible military [...]

Warsaw, Poland – 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. In its preliminary report, the Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission team found that Poland’s nuclear regulator, Państwowa Agencja Atomistyki (PAA), has a clear commitment to [...]

Vienna – 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. The conference aims to provide a forum for policy-makers and experts to discuss and take stock of [...]

Tokyo, Japan – An IAEA expert team today completed an initial review of Japan’s efforts to plan and implement the decommissioning of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The International Peer Review of Japan’s Mid-and-Long-Term Roadmap towards the Decommissioning of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Units 1-4 conducted its visit from 15 to 22 [...]

19 April 2013 | Sofia, Bulgaria — 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. The Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission, conducted at the request of the Government of Bulgaria, identified a series of [...]

The IAEA’s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) contacted the Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority (INRA) concerning the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which occurred at 12:44 UTC today in the south-east of the country. INRA informed the IEC that the earthquake caused no damage to Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant or other nuclear facilities. The IAEA has made an offer [...]

Team Leader: Juan Carlos Lentijo, IAEA, Director of Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology  Team members: Zoran Drace, IAEA, Division of Nuclear Power Akira Izumo, IAEA, Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology Christian Glorennec, EDF/CIDEN, France Anton Leschenko, Sosny R&D Company, Russian Federation Vladan Ljubenov, IAEA, Division of Radiation, Transport and [...]

The IAEA’s International Seismic Safety Centre (ISSC) has notified the Agency’s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) that an earthquake struck southern Iran today at 11:53 UTC, about 91 kilometres from the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. Iran has informed the IEC of the event, reporting that there has been no damage to the Bushehr Nuclear Power [...]

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that cooling systems at all spent fuel pools at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have resumed operation. This follows a power outage that began at 19:00 local time on 18 March 2013, disabling spent fuel cooling systems at Units 1, 3, and [...]

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority today informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that several systems that cool spent fuel pools at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station stopped working following a power outage that began at 19:00 local time yesterday. Two of the systems – at Unit 1 and Unit 4 – were restarted today, and [...]

The following is a statement by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano to mark the second anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi accident, on 11 March, 2013: “Two years have passed since disaster struck Japan. The Great East Japan Earthquake and the enormous tsunami of March 11, 2011 devastated large areas of land, caused great loss of [...]

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.  This afternoon, the Board of Governors appointed me for a second term.  This requires the approval by the General Conference to be held in September this year.  I am deeply grateful for the trust that the Board of Governors placed in me once again.  I regard this as the expression [...]

 Re-appointment of Director General Yukiya Amano Today the Board of Governors re-appointed by acclamation the current Director General, Mr Yukiya Amano, to a further term of office for four years, from 1 December 2013 to 30 November 2017. The Board extended to Mr Amano its congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of his re-appointment. [...]

Mr Chairman, I would like to begin by congratulating the Kingdom of Swaziland on becoming the 159th Member State of the IAEA. Mr Chairman, Next Monday is the second anniversary of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. It has been a challenging two years, especially for the people and Government [...]

Good morning. We had discussions on the structured approach document but could not finalize the document. As you know, that document, once agreed, should facilitate the resolution of outstanding issues regarding possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear programme. However, our commitment to continued dialogue is unwavering. We will work hard now to try and resolve [...]

“Good afternoon, as we indicated in December of last year and in January this year our goal is to finalize the structured approach document. This document will facilitate the resolution of the outstanding issues related to the possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear programme. Differences remain and also this time we will  work hard to [...]

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano expressed deep regret about the announcement that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has conducted a third test of a nuclear weapon. “I understand that the DPRK announced it had carried out a third test of a nuclear weapon, despite calls from the international community not to do so.  [...]

Brussels – The following is a joint statement by the European Union and the IAEA after their first Senior Officials Meeting today:   On 25 January 2013 officials of the EU and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met in Brussels for a first ever Senior Level meeting bringing together officials from the European External [...]

Davos, Switzerland – The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, met President Shimon Peres of Israel on 24 January while attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Director General and President Peres discussed areas of common interest, as well as developments in the Middle East region. Director General [...]

  UPDATE: The date of the next meeting has been changed to 13 February. 18 January 2013 IAEA Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts, Head of the Department of Safeguards, made these remarks this morning at Vienna International Airport upon his return from two days of talks in Iran. We had two days of intensive discussions. [...]

On 16 January 2013, the operational status of 47 Japanese nuclear reactors in the IAEA’s Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) was changed by Japan’s Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES) from ‘in operation’ to ‘long-term shutdown’. The Agency asked its Japanese counterparts for additional clarification and justification for these status changes. The counterparts yesterday advised the [...]

Please feel free to attribute this to Serge Gas, IAEA Director of Public Information:  “The IAEA has seen media reports that Director General Amano will visit Iran to discuss nuclear issues.  There are no such plans at this time.”

Minsk, Belarus– The International Atomic Energy Agency today delivered the final report from an IAEA Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission to Belarus. The report concludes that Belarus has made important progress in its development of nuclear infrastructure for a nuclear power programme and that Belarus is on its way to being well-prepared with its [...]

18 September 2012, Vienna | 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). The current status and future of negotiations between the IAEA and Iran on the clarification of outstanding [...]

Vienna |The following is the text of a media statement by Herman Nackaerts, Deputy Director General for Safeguards, after talks between senior International Atomic Energy Agency officials and Iranian delegates in Vienna on 24 August: “Ladies and gentlemen, “As announced by the Director General earlier this week, we met today to continue our discussions with [...]

Vienna, 8 June 2012 – Senior International Atomic Energy Agency officials met an Iranian delegation in Vienna today to seek agreement on a structured approach document to resolve outstanding issues relating to Iran’s nuclear programme. The following is a statement by IAEA Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts after the meeting: “As announced by the Director [...]

Vienna, 22 May 2012 – The following is a partial transcript of comments by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano to journalists at Vienna airport on his return today from Iran: “Ladies and gentlemen, I just came back from Tehran.  During my stay in Tehran, there was an important development on the structured approach document on [...]

Vienna, 15 May 2012 – The following is a transcript of a media statement by IAEA Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts after meetings with Iran on 14-15 May 2012:  “During these two days, the Agency and Iran discussed a number of options to take the Agency’s verification process forward in a structured way. The primary [...]

The Agency has been informed that two of its safeguards inspectors were involved in a car accident in Iran earlier today. One of the inspectors, from the Republic of Korea, was killed; the other, from Slovenia, was injured. The Agency is in touch with the inspectors’ families, and with the Iranian authorities. The Agency would [...]