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6 August 2025

How Isotopic Techniques are Helping Cities Secure Safe Drinking Water

As cities worldwide face growing water stress, an IAEA-coordinated research project demonstrates that isotopic techniques offer a powerful way to safeguard this vital resource. Read more →

Nuclear Explained

5 August 2025

What is a Cyclotron?

A cyclotron is a particle accelerator that uses magnetic and electric fields to speed up charged particles to very high speeds and powers many of the tools, treatments, and discoveries that improve our daily lives. Read more →

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4 August 2025

Regulating for a Safer Tomorrow: Alm-Lytz’s Path in Nuclear Safety

From a young age, Kirsi Alm-Lytz, now head of the IAEA Regulatory Activities Section, was fascinated by physics, and its ability to explain everything in our universe, from the motion of planets to the behaviour of particles. Read more →

Press Release

2 August 2025

Update 307 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

The IAEA team at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) heard explosions and saw smoke coming from a nearby location where the plant said one of its auxiliary facilities was attacked today, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. Read more →

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1 August 2025

Protecting Rhino – the Nuclear Way

In South Africa approximately one rhino is being killed for its horn every day. A pioneering effort capitalising on the world’s nuclear security infrastructure is being rolled out this week to help prevent the illegal poaching and protect South Africa’s rhino. Read more →

Press Release

31 July 2025

IAEA-Supported Laboratory Opens to Fight Microplastics in Galapagos Islands

A new laboratory supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was officially inaugurated this month in the Galapagos Islands to address the growing threat of marine microplastic pollution. Read more →

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