68th IAEA General Conference: Day 4 Highlights

Pleased to open #IAEAGC Senior Safety and Security Regulators' Meeting on evolving regulatory safety and security infrastructure with nuclear and radiation tech development, including regulation of floating NPPs. @IAEAorg greatly values the work of regulatory bodies worldwide. pic.twitter.com/XhpeIAMsHJ

— Rafael MarianoGrossi (@rafaelmgrossi) September 19, 2024

At a Group of Friends of Food Security event, visitors learned how countries from the African Regional Group came together to address the challenges of food insecurity, supporting the efforts of Vienna-based Organizations and their Member States. This event was organized by Sudan and Italy.

Food security is a global challenge, and it’s good to see #IAEAGC putting a spotlight on it. Today’s event, led by 🇮🇹 Italy & 🇸🇩 Sudan, highlighted need for stronger food systems. @IAEAorg’s #AtomsForFood initiative is driving innovative solutions to fight these pressing issue. pic.twitter.com/zzS8CEJX3I

— Rafael MarianoGrossi (@rafaelmgrossi) September 19, 2024

The event 50 years of Chilean Research Reactor: The Chilean Research Reactor celebrates its half century of scientific and technological contributions to the country and its people highlighted the scientific and technological contributions of the Chilean research reactor RECH-1.

A COP29 - Building Momentum on Nuclear’s Role in Climate Action event, was hosted jointly by the IAEA and Azerbaijan, holder of the COP29 Presidency. The event aimed to build on the global nuclear energy momentum established at last year’s climate change conference.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi spoke on the global support for nuclear power in mitigating climate change, and the commitment of the IAEA to partner with the Presidency and other stakeholders to maintain momentum on climate action.

An International University-Industry Projects: Practical Solutions and Capacity Building to Triple Nuclear Energy side event by the Russian Federation looked at capacity building in the nuclear industry, as a necessary part of effectively meeting the pledge of tripling nuclear energy.

The Harnessing the Atom for Sustainable Development Goals: Sixty Years of Cooperation between the State of Kuwait and the International Atomic Energy Agency side event was organized by Kuwait. It presented 60 years of cooperation between the State of Kuwait and the IAEA, focusing on how the country has applied nuclear science and technology to address sustainable development goals.