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17 September 2021
IAEA Annual General Conference to Convene Next Week
The IAEA’s 65th annual General Conference (GC) will take place next week in Vienna. The meeting, from 20 to 24 September, is expected to draw high level representatives from the IAEA’s 173 Member States. Read more →
News Story
17 September 2021
Call for Papers: International Symposium on Managing Land and Water for Climate-Smart Agriculture 2022
Interested contributors have until 31 January 2022 to submit abstracts for the IAEA’s International Symposium on Managing Land and Water for Climate-Smart Agriculture, to be held from 25 to 29 July 2022 at IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Read more →
Press Release
17 September 2021
IAEA Mission Observes Commitment to Safety at Dutch Research Reactor, Recommends Further Enhancements
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said that the operator of the Hoger Onderwijs research reactor in the Netherlands has prioritized safety during implementation of significant refurbishment and modernization of the facility. Read more →
Press Release
16 September 2021
IAEA Increases Projections for Nuclear Power Use in 2050
For the first time since the Fukushima Daiichi accident a decade ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has revised up its projections of the potential growth of nuclear power capacity for electricity generation during the coming decades. Read more →
Press Release
16 September 2021
IAEA on Trilateral Effort of Australia, United Kingdom, and United States on Nuclear Naval Propulsion
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has been informed by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of an 18-month trilateral effort between these three countries “to identify the optimal pathway to support Australia’s acquisition of a conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submar Read more →
Latest info on COVID-19 from Austrian and Viennese authorities
Update as of 30 June: Vienna-based IAEA staff are working from the VIC as of 1 July. For more, click here.
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11 – 15 Oct 2021
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on the Development of Preparedness for National and International Emergency Response (EPR2021)
1 – 5 Nov 2021
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management: Solutions for a Sustainable Future
13 – 17 Dec 2021
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on the Safe and Secure Transport of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials
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