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25 October 2021
COP26: How Can We Use Less Coal - Without Damaging Our Economies?
We need to reduce our dependence on coal quickly if the world is to hit its climate targets and bring emissions to ‘net zero’. Read more →
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25 October 2021
IAEA and UAE to Conduct International Exercise to Test Global Nuclear Emergency Response
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will conduct a two day international exercise to test the global emergency response system for a severe accident simulated at the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant. Read more →
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22 October 2021
IAEA's Grossi Explores Cooperation with World Bank, IDB on Health and Climate Change
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi met with the heads of the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) yesterday to discuss joining forces to combat cancer and to address climate change and other areas critical for sustainable development. Read more →
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21 October 2021
Now Available: IAEA Guidance on Computer Security for Nuclear Security
The IAEA recently issued its first implementing guide to comprehensively address computer security – Nuclear Security Series (NSS) No. 42-G Computer Security for Nuclear Security – to support experts worldwide in implementing computer security measures to strengthen their national nuclear security regimes. Read more →
Bulletin Article
21 October 2021
Ceaseless vigilance
The alert came just before sunrise in Vienna on 11 March 2011. The on-call emergency response manager reviewed the seismic report that opened on his laptop screen. Within minutes, staff trained in specialized response roles were called into the IAEA’s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC). 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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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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