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Emergency communication

In a nuclear emergency, the communicator’s role is almost as crucial as that of the first responder. Providing clear, accurate information amid the alarm and dread that emergencies provoke — when every second counts — can save lives. Read more →

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Safety in Fusion

While nuclear fission derives energy from splitting atomic nuclei, nuclear fusion does so by joining them, releasing energy in the process. Though both atomic reactions produce energy by modifying atoms, their fundamental differences have broad implications for safety. Read more →

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IAEA Completes Nuclear Security Advisory Mission in Niger

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts today completed a nuclear security advisory mission in Niger, which was carried out at the request of its Government. Read more →

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Managing Nuclear Knowledge with Semantic Technologies

The past decade has seen vast technological improvements in collecting, managing, understanding, presenting, sharing and using knowledge gained from data and information all over the world. Read more →

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Improving Safety of Ageing Nuclear Power Plants in Lockdown

Had you spoken to Robert Krivanek a year ago about where he’d be this spring, he may have asked you to reach him in Asco, Spain. A senior IAEA nuclear safety officer, he planned to conduct a safety review of the Spanish village’s two-gigawatt nuclear power plant, and help its operators meet the requirements to extend the operating lifetime of the plant’s two reactors. But Spain isn’t where you’ll find him today. Read more →

Latest info on COVID-19 from Austrian and Viennese authorities

Update as of 17 May: Most of Vienna-based IAEA staff are working remotely until 30 June. For more, click here.

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