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6 July 2022
Pioneering Radon Research in Cameroon Decreases Risks of Lung Cancer
When Bobbo Hamadou gets up in the morning, he opens the door and window in his house. This is not just to air out his mattress – but to lower the concentration of radon in his home. Read more →
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5 July 2022
Nuclear Proliferation and the IAEA’s Indispensable Job Bolstering International Security in a Changed World: IAEA Director General Delivers 2022 John Gee Memorial Lecture
The future of IAEA safeguards and the future of global security was the topic of a lecture given today by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. Read more →
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5 July 2022
Deploying Nuclear Technologies to Preserve and Protect Malta’s Millennia-Old Heritage
Experts at Malta’s national cultural preservation agency are now using a nuclear technique to characterize pigments, pottery, mortars and other centuries-old materials as part of their conservation efforts to preserve the relics and artifacts that make up the country’s 8000-year-old cultural heri Read more →
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4 July 2022
IAEA Initiative Sets Ambitious Goals to Support the Safe and Secure Deployment of SMRs
Enhanced harmonization of regulatory activities and the standardization of industrial approaches are expected as the outcome of a new IAEA initiative, which kicked off in June. Read more →
Press Release
4 July 2022
Jamaica Opens Its First Public Nuclear Medicine Centre with IAEA Support
A new nuclear medicine centre that will provide life-saving diagnosis and treatment of non-communicable diseases has opened in Jamaica, with the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under its Rays of Hope initiative launched earlier this year to help countries fight cancer. Read more →
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4 July 2022
Update 85 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Ukrainian operator of the country’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) have restored the remote transmission of safeguards data from the facility after a week-long interruption, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. 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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