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10 September 2024
Japan’s Fukushima Soil Recycling and Disposal Plan Meets Safety Standards, IAEA Says
Japan's approach for recycling and disposing of soil and radioactive waste from decontamination activities after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) accident as currently planned is consistent with IAEA Safety Standards, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report released today says. Read more →
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9 September 2024
Director General Briefs Board on Role of IAEA Diplomacy in Ukraine, Iran and Syria, and More
“From the hard realities of war in Europe and preventing a nuclear accident, to bringing health, and food to the tables, in developing countries, your Agency, the IAEA, is continuing its work,” the IAEA Director General tells Board of Governors. Read more →
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9 September 2024
Upcoming Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Applications and the Technical Cooperation Programme
The 2024 IAEA Ministerial Conference will take place on 26-28 November 2024 in Vienna, Austria, bringing together ministers and senior officials from IAEA Member States to discuss the role of nuclear science and technology in addressing some of the challenges we face today, including health, food security and safety, water resource management and climate change. Read more →
Press Release
6 September 2024
IAEA Concludes Long Term Operation Safety Review at South Africa’s Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts today completed a review of long term operational safety of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in South Africa. Read more →
Press Release
5 September 2024
Update 248 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi examined a cooling tower at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) this week to assess the damage it suffered in a major fire last month, the latest incident underlining persistent nuclear safety and security dangers at the site during the military conflict. Read more →
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4 September 2024
IAEA Director General Visits Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant After Recent Fire
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has visited Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant for the fifth time. His focus was on the significant damage caused by a fire at one of its cooling towers in early August, he also visited a water pumping station and a storage facility for fresh fuel rods. Read more →
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21 – 25 Oct 2024
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Small Modular Reactors and their Applications
11 – 15 Nov 2024
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Research Reactors: Achievements, Experience and the Way to a Sustainable Future
26 – 28 Nov 2024
Vienna, Austria
Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Science, Technology and Applications and the Technical Cooperation Programme
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