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 »
Bangladesh has signed its new United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for the period 2017–2020 on 3 November 2016. Economic Relations Division Senior Secretary Mohammad Mejbahuddin and UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative Robert D. Watkins co-signed the framework document. 13 UN agencies that are resident in Bangladesh and 10 non-resident UN agencies, including the… Read more »
The International Conference on Nuclear Security: Commitments and Actions was held at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, from 5 to 9 December 2016. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA) Highlighting the collective commitment to improve nuclear security at the national, regional and global levels, being vigilant about the threats to nuclear security, having concrete measures to protect against… Read more »
A portrait of life in Mongolia is not complete without livestock. For city dwellers and nomads alike, more than 70 million animals are an essential source of food, income and cultural symbols for this country of barely three million inhabitants. Yet livestock owners like Batbaatar Chuluun are calm about highly contagious animal diseases. That’s thanks… Read more »
The International Conference on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was held in Vienna, Austria from 21 to 25 November, 2016. (Photo: Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management Unit/IAEA) An international conference held in Vienna in November concluded that the management of radioactive waste over the last 15 years has improved, and invited governments to… Read more »
Review mission team of the Cigéo Project (Photo: ASN) The safety options of France’s project to build and operate its first deep geological facility for the disposal of high and intermediate-level radioactive waste were overall thorough, an IAEA team of international experts found. The team also proposed recommendations to further demonstrate the robustness of the disposal… Read more »