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20 May 2016 News Story

Environmental Protection Key for Nuclear Power Programmes, IAEA Meeting Discusses

Protecting the environment when developing a new nuclear power programme is one of the key issues that nuclear newcomer countries face.

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20 May 2016 News Story

Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation: IAEA Conference to Start on Monday

Nuclear decommissioning and environmental remediation share a common objective: to reduce radiation exposure to people and the environment at sites where radioactivity levels require restrictions in their use.

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19 May 2016 News Story

Ten New Nuclear Power Reactors Connected to Grid in 2015, Highest Number Since 1990

Ten new reactors were connected to the grid in 2015, the highest number since 1990, according to the 2016 edition of ‘Nuclear Power Reactors in the World’, published last week.

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19 May 2016 News Story

Over 100 Disused Radioactive Sources Removed from Irradiation Facilities in Uzbekistan

The successful removal of over one hundred disused radioactive sources from two irradiation facilities located at the “FOTON” nuclear site in Tashkent, Uzbekistan was completed last month with IAEA support.

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13 May 2016 News Story

Japanese Labs Reliable in Analysing Seawater, Sediment and Fish Samples Near Fukushima, IAEA Report Finds

Japanese laboratories working for the country’s government, and tested by the IAEA, have produced reliable data on the level of radionuclides in seawater, sediment and fish samples collected near Fukushima, according to a report released last month.

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12 May 2016 News Story

IAEA Invites Students to Learn Nuclear Science Through Play

Teachers have reached almost 10 000 students in four Asian countries through a guidebook designed to bring nuclear science and technology closer to young adults.

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11 May 2016 News Story

Nuclear Safety Can Never be Taken for Granted, IAEA Director General Says in Cape Town

Ensuring radiation safety is key to harnessing the many benefits of nuclear and radiation technologies, said Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General, in his keynote address today at the 14th Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) in Cape Town, South Africa.

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8 May 2016 News Story

New Nuclear Security Agreement will Reduce Risk of Nuclear Terrorism

Following the entry into force of the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) today, the international community must focus on its implementation, said IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano.

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