What happens to a nuclear facility or a site after it served its purpose? This question will be the focus of a major IAEA event taking place in Madrid, Spain from 23 to 27 May 2016.
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Nuclear power, safety, scientific research, and the importance of effective cancer diagnosis and treatment using nuclear technology were among the key topics that IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano discussed during his visits to Slovenia and Switzerland this week.
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China is pursuing the use of radiation technology as part of its wastewater treatment methods to further efforts to manage industrial waste in an environmentally friendly way.
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As governments around the world prepare for the climate summit in Paris next month, an IAEA report released today highlights the role nuclear power could play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) that contribute to global warming.
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The IAEA is organizing an International Conference on Human and Organizational Aspects of Assuring Nuclear Safety — Exploring 30 Years of Safety Culture from 22 to 26 February 2016 at its headquarters in Vienna.
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National response plans in emergency preparedness need to be in line with international safety standards and best practices, delegates heard at the opening of the International Conference on Global Emergency Preparedness and Response that began at IAEA headquarters in Vienna today.
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On 18 October 2015, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency was informed by the Islamic Republic of Iran that, effective on Implementation Day of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
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In many parts of the world, extreme poverty disproportionately affects rural communities that rely on agriculture for their incomes. As the global community works together to combat rural poverty and to build inclusive, resilient and sustainable food systems, nuclear science and technology can play a role in overcoming agricultural challenges that perpetuate cycles of poverty and hunger.
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