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14 October 2024
What Is Blue Carbon?
The IAEA works with scientists all over the world to study Blue Carbon, the organic carbon that is captured and stored by the ocean in vegetated coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests, saltmarshes or seagrass meadows. Read more →
News Story
11 October 2024
From Preparedness to Resilience: The Role of the IAEA in Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Response
Ahead of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13 October, we look at the role played by the IAEA’s unique Incident and Emergency Centre in preparing and responding to potential nuclear or radiological emergencies. Read more →
Press Release
10 October 2024
Update 254 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has restored its connection to a 150 kilovolt (kV) power line that could be used as a back-up option for the plant, although the supplies of electricity needed for reactor cooling and other essential functions remain fragile, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today. Read more →
Press Release
10 October 2024
IAEA Concludes Long Term Operation Safety Review at Sweden’s Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts today completed a review of long term operational safety of the Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Unit 3 in Sweden. Read more →
Bulletin Article
10 October 2024
Viet Nam Improves Food Safety and Increases Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability with Nuclear Science
The IAEA has been supporting Viet Nam with food irradiation since 1999 to enhance food safety and trade. Read more →
News Story
9 October 2024
IAEA Director General in Slovenia Before Key Nuclear Power Referendum
The IAEA Director General has engaged with Slovenian leaders and civil society today, in the lead up to a key referendum on expanding the country’s nuclear power programme. Read more →
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21 – 25 Oct 2024
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Small Modular Reactors and their Applications
11 – 15 Nov 2024
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Research Reactors: Achievements, Experience and the Way to a Sustainable Future
26 – 28 Nov 2024
Vienna, Austria
Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Science, Technology and Applications and the Technical Cooperation Programme
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