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19 August 2022
Update 92 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, today renewed his urgent appeal for maximum military restraint in the area of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) following new signs of rising tension over Europe’s largest such facility. Read more →
News Story
19 August 2022
What are Isotopes?
Like everything we see in the world, isotopes are a type of atom, the smallest unit of matter that retains all the chemical properties of an element. Isotopes are forms of a chemical element with specific properties. Read more →
Bulletin Article
18 August 2022
Establishing Ionizing Radiation Facilities in the Philippines and Beyond
Cancer is the Philippines’ second biggest killer, according to the 2020 Global Cancer Observatory, as the country suffers almost 100 000 cancer related deaths per year. Read more →
News Story
17 August 2022
SMR Platform: New Web Portal Facilitates Technical Support
Countries looking to accelerate SMR deployment with the help of the IAEA’s Platform on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and their Applications—launched one year ago to provide support on all aspects of SMR development, deployment, licensing and oversight—can take their first step through a new online portal to access all IAEA services as well as the latest information related to this emerging nuclear power technology. Read more →
News Story
16 August 2022
IAEA Workshop Spotlights Cultural Heritage Management with Nuclear Science
Alexandria may be named after its famous founder, but cities have lined Egypt’s northern coast long before Alexander the Great’s armies conquered. Read more →
News Story
15 August 2022
IAEA Nuclear Security Training and Demonstration Centre Nears Completion
One year after a ceremony to break ground for an international nuclear security training centre at the IAEA’s facility in Seibersdorf, near Vienna, a near-complete building is now visible. Read more →
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22 – 26 Aug 2022
Vienna, Austria
Second International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST-2022)
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