Ambassador Friedrich Däuble of Germany and IAEA Deputy Director General Aldo Malavasi sign the one million Euros funding agreement towards the modernization of the IAEA nuclear applications laboratories in an event with IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA) The IAEA has received a contribution of one million Euros from Germany for the modernization of… Read more »
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano with essay competition winners at IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Security side event. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA) IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano today presented prizes to three young women who won the IAEA’s first ever essay competition. Their essays contained recommendations for strengthening nuclear security through stronger border controls, closer international cooperation… Read more »
The sculpture of David by Michelangelo is made from the same Carrara marble as the new reference material. The IAEA Environment Laboratories have recently produced a new reference material using Carrara marble, the same marble that Michelangelo used to make his famous sculpture of David. This will contribute to improved measurements of greenhouse gases, such… Read more »
The preliminary programme for the first international conference on the IAEA technical cooperation programme, taking place 30 May–1 June 2017 in Vienna, Austria, is now available here. Among the topics under discussion are the role of the IAEA’s technical cooperation programme in contributing to sustainable development, cooperation across borders, sustainability and global partnerships for sustainable… Read more »
Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Aldo Malavasi and Diana Paez at the signing of the Practical Arrangement. (Photo: T.Busch/IAEA). During the 60th General Conference, held from 26-30 September 2016, the IAEA and the Jaber Al Ahmad Center for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (JACNMMI) agreed on Practical Arrangements to cooperate in the field of nuclear medicine through the… Read more »
A drum dryer used to prepare waste packages for long term storage at the Public Company Nuclear Facilities of Serbia, Belgrade. (Photo: M.Ojovan/IAEA) Opportunities for IAEA Member States without radioactive waste management infrastructure to handle their relatively small waste inventories was the focus of a recent IAEA workshop held in the Serbian capital of Belgrade…. Read more »
The IAEA peer review team in discussion with Jordanian experts during the IAEA Integrated Nuclear Safety Assessment of Research Reactors mission to Jordan. (Photo: Jordan Atomic Energy Commission) After six years of intense design and construction activities, the first nuclear multipurpose research reactor in Jordan is being prepared for routine operation. This preparatory work involves updating the… Read more »
A cyberattack on a nuclear power plant could lead to sabotage or theft of nuclear material. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA) A cyberattack could swipe all the information stored on your computer or even prevent it from working. That’s bad enough. But a cyberattack on a nuclear power plant could lead to sabotage or theft of nuclear… Read more »
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano delivering his statement at the 71st Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA. (Photo: Rick Bajornas/UN Photo) Mr President, Let me begin by offering my warmest congratulations to Mr Antonio Guterres, who was sworn in today as United Nations Secretary-General. I wish Mr Guterres every success in… Read more »
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano delivering his statement at the 71st Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA. (Photo: Rick Bajornas/UN Photo) In his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano provided an overview of the IAEA’s work not just in the past year, but in… Read more »
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