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Press Release
30 June 2022
IAEA Completes Nuclear Security Mission in Jordan
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a nuclear security mission in Jordan. The team said Jordan had made progress in strengthening the country’s nuclear security infrastructure set up to prevent and detect nuclear and other radioactive material out of regulatory control. Read more →
Press Release
29 June 2022
Update 84 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The International Atomic Energy Agency has once again lost the remote connection to its safeguards surveillance systems installed at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), further underlining the need for the IAEA to go there very soon, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Read more →
News Story
29 June 2022
IAEA Director General in Portugal: Nuclear Cooperation and Saving the Ocean
Portugal is a country that understands the importance of the ocean and is a constructive voice for multilateralism, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in Lisbon this week. Read more →
News Story
29 June 2022
Call for Papers for International Conference on Effective Nuclear and Radiation Regulatory Systems: Submission Deadline 1 August 2022
Interested contributors have until 1 August 2022 to submit abstracts for the IAEA´s International Conference on Effective Nuclear and Radiation Regulatory Systems, to be held from 13 to 16 February 2023 in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. Read more →
News Story
28 June 2022
Science and Partnerships Key to Tackling Marine Plastic Pollution — IAEA at UN Ocean Conference
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, at least 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year. That plastic makes up 80 per cent of all marine debris, which entangles animals and is ingested by marine species. Read more →
News Story
28 June 2022
Focus on Safety of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management at 7th Review Meeting of the Joint Convention
More than 750 delegates representing 76 Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management Read more →
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25 – 29 Jul 2022
Vienna, Austria
International Symposium on Managing Land and Water for Climate-Smart Agriculture
22 – 26 Aug 2022
Vienna, Austria
Second International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST-2022)
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