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4 October 2024
Photo Highlights from the IAEA’s 68th General Conference
The 68th IAEA General Conference photo highlights are now available. Read more →
Press Release
4 October 2024
IAEA to Conduct Second Extensive Sampling of Marine Environment Near Fukushima Daiichi Since Start of Treated Water Release
A team of scientists from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will return to Japan next week to conduct marine sampling near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS). This mission is part of the Agency’s extensive monitoring and assessment activities that support its ongoing safety review of the ALPS treated water discharges. Read more →
Press Release
3 October 2024
Update 252 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost the connection to its only remaining back-up power line for 36 hours this week, underlining the fragility of the electricity supplies it needs to cool its six reactors and for other essential nuclear safety and security functions, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today. Read more →
News Story
3 October 2024
IAEA Helps Burundi Ensure Food Security with Healthy Cattle
By introducing superior breeds of livestock and harnessing cutting-edge techniques to tackle animal diseases, the IAEA is helping Burundi to ensure food security. Read more →
News Story
2 October 2024
Celebrating 60 Years of the Unique FAO and IAEA Partnership
This October, the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture is celebrating a remarkable milestone — its 60th anniversary. Read more →
News Story
1 October 2024
Woman of Steel: The Earthquake Engineer Building a More Resilient Future
Zeynep Gulerce’s career has been shaped by earthquakes. She was a young civil-engineer-in-training in Türkiye when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the Kocaeli Province of the country. 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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