An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded an eight-day mission to Niger to review its infrastructure development for a nuclear power programme. Read More »

Following recent devastating natural disasters in Ecuador, Nepal, Peru and — just last year — the Caribbean and Mexico, the IAEA was quick to provide medical and other forms of assistance using nuclear technology to help countries maintain essential services in the aftermath. Read More »

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said the operator of Ghana’s research reactor has demonstrated a high commitment to safety following the conversion of the reactor core to use low enriched uranium (LEU) as fuel instead of high enriched uranium (HEU). Read More »

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano highlighted increased technical cooperation with Azerbaijan in areas such as agriculture, nuclear medicine for cancer control and prevention, the importance of having qualified medical physicists and the support provided for the establishment of a research reactor during his visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, this week. Read More »

IAEA Director General met President Giorgi Margvelashvili of Georgia this week, following the country’s deposit, on 10 April, of its Instrument of Accession to the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency. Read More »

By late afternoon last Friday people had already begun lining up outside the Vienna International Centre (VIC) in anticipation of their entry to the IAEA, which participated in the Long Night of Research, Austria’s biggest science event for the public. Read More »

The beginning of construction at Bangladesh’s first nuclear power reactor on 30 November 2017 marked a significant milestone in the decade-long process to bring the benefits of nuclear energy to the world’s eighth most populous country. Read More »

Iran is implementing its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano told the Agency’s 35-member Board of Governors on Monday. Read More »

Farmer El Haj Abdeslam and his three helpers spent years fighting soil erosion that swept away their crops’ fertile ground, taking their incomes with it. Read More »

Challenges that countries face when introducing or expanding a nuclear power programme were discussed at an IAEA meeting in Vienna last week. Read More »

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said France demonstrated a comprehensive commitment to safety with a responsible approach to the management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Read More »

The future of nuclear power holds the promise of continuing to incorporate fission-fueled nuclear power -- an integral part of low-carbon electricity generation -- as well as possible breakthroughs in nuclear-fusion energy generation, providing a long-term plan for efficient energy production. Read More »

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano visited Nigeria late last week to discuss the agency’s role in supporting the nation's fledgling nuclear power program. Read More »

New York State Sen. Patty Ritchie said this week that the state Senate allocated $100 million in renewable-energy tax credits in its budget plan, which could keep Oswego County’s FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant open. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) launched a series of workshops recently on small modular reactors (SMRs) – advanced, prefab nuclear power reactors that could be ready for the market by 2020 -- to train and prepare regulators and other industry stakeholders. Read More »

Jeffrey Merrifield, chairman of the Nuclear Infrastructure Council's (NIC) Advanced Reactor Task Force, encouraged the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to revamp its Advanced Nuclear Reactor (ANR) licensing system during a recent press conference. Read More »

Nikolai Spasskiy, deputy CEO of ROSATOM, recently held negotiations with a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the leadership of Tero Varjoranta, deputy director general and head of the Department of Safeguards, to discuss the implementation of nuclear safeguards. Read More »

Cyber-security company WizNucleus said this week that it has released a new version of its Cyberwiz-Pro (CWP) software. Read More »

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano touted the benefits of nuclear energy in a speech at the Symposium on Nuclear Applications For Sustainable Development in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Member States this week in Kuwait. Read More »

India has delivered its instrument of ratification of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this week. Read More »