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16 May 2023
Enhancing Patient and Worker Safety: New Guidance on Quality Control for Diagnostic Radiology
The German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen was the first person to discover the potential use of X-rays for imaging in 1895, when he created the radiograph, an image produced by X-rays instead of light. Read more →
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15 May 2023
Decommissioning - Restoring Former Nuclear Sites
Planning and innovation play crucial roles when it comes to the end of a nuclear reactor's life. Read more →
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12 May 2023
Update 157 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) still has enough essential staff for its current reduced level of operations, but the continued lack of maintenance personnel on-site could negatively impact nuclear safety and security and is not sustainable, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today. Read more →
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12 May 2023
IAEA Symposium Examines Uranium Production Cycle for Sustainable Nuclear Power
With interest in nuclear power growing worldwide, demand for uranium—the element from which fuel for nuclear reactors is fabricated—is also on the rise. International experts and stakeholders gathered at the IAEA this week to analyze the latest developments in the uranium production cycle, including supply-demand scenarios, to ensure the long-term sustainability of nuclear power. Read more →
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12 May 2023
Invest in Nuclear Science and Technology for Africa’s Development Needs, FAO–IAEA Meeting Hears
Nuclear techniques have already delivered innovations in the field of food security in Africa, but much more can be achieved by investing in science and technology and in capacity building, speakers emphasized at a joint meeting of the IAEA and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Vienna today. Read more →
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12 May 2023
At UN Science, Technology and Innovation Forum, IAEA Presents Role of Nuclear in Reaching Sustainable Development Goals
The IAEA presented its work on climate change adaptation and mitigation using nuclear techniques at the United Nations (UN) eighth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum), held on 3 to 4 May at the UN Headquarters in New York. Read more →
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19 – 23 Jun 2023
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Computer Security in the Nuclear World: Security for Safety
3 – 7 Jul 2023
Vienna, Austria
International Symposium on Isotope Hydrology: Sustainable Water Resources in a Changing World
16 – 21 Oct 2023
London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2023)
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