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5 June 2020
IAEA Provides Standards to Help Laboratories Measure Changes in the Environment
This year’s World Environment Day calls for a ‘Time for Nature’. Indeed, it is time to understand the messages that nature is sending through the millions of tiny changes that are beginning to cause major shifts in global ecosystems. Read more →
Press Release
5 June 2020
IAEA Opens New Laboratory Facility to Help Countries Tackle Health, Food and Climate Change Challenges
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, today officially opened a state of the art laboratory building named after his predecessor Yukiya Amano. Read more →
News Story
4 June 2020
World Environment Day 2020: How the IAEA Contributes to Soil, Plant and Animal Biodiversity
This year’s World Environment Day celebrates biodiversity – which includes the diversity within species, between species and the capacity of ecosystems to create diversity. Read more →
Press Release
4 June 2020
Dozens of Countries Receive COVID-19 Testing Equipment from the IAEA
The IAEA has so far delivered more than 250 consignments to 80 countries with supplies to help fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, with many more to be shipped in the coming days and weeks. The IAEA assistance includes equipment and expertise to help laboratories around the world step up testing as part of efforts to curb the spread of the disease. Read more →
News Story
3 June 2020
IAEA Issues Harmonized Model for Enhanced Safety Culture in Nuclear Organizations
Safety culture refers to how an organizational culture prioritizes and values safety; it is shaped by the shared attitudes, norms, beliefs and values of all employees. Read more →
Latest info on COVID-19 from Austrian and Viennese authorities
Update as of 4 May: IAEA staff should continue to work remotely through 14 May. From 15 May to 30 June, staff will return to the VIC gradually, based on operational needs. For more, click here.
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19 – 23 Oct 2020
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) in Industry
9 – 13 Nov 2020
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Radiation Safety: Improving Radiation Protection in Practice
23 – 27 Nov 2020
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Molecular Imaging and Clinical PET-CT in the Era of Theranostics (IPET-2020)
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Providing Coronavirus Support with Vital Testing Kits
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