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Press Release
21 February 2025
IAEA Team Concludes Site and External Events Design Review for Ghana’s First Nuclear Power Plant
Ghana is pursuing the introduction of nuclear power to increase its low carbon power production to meet energy demand, tackle climate change and increase energy security and diversity. Read more →
News Story
21 February 2025
Director General in Japan Supporting Nuclear Safety and Remediation
The IAEA Director General has been in Japan this week, supporting local efforts to enhance nuclear safety and environmental remediation, as the country prepares to restart its nuclear power plants closed since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. Read more →
News Story
21 February 2025
Strengthening New Partnership with Japanese Private Sector
The IAEA Director General has signed a cooperation agreement with one of the largest worldwide integrated trading companies and had a lecture and networking event at Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) this week, as part of ongoing efforts to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy through partnerships. Read more →
Press Release
20 February 2025
Update 277 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been relying on a single off-site power line for more than a week now after its only remaining back-up line was lost, once again highlighting an extremely fragile nuclear safety situation during the military conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today. Read more →
Press Release
19 February 2025
IAEA Director General Joins International Experts for Seawater Sampling Near Fukushima
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi joined scientists from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland, along with IAEA experts, as they collected seawater samples near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station today. Read more →
Press Release
19 February 2025
IAEA Completes Integrated Safety Assessment Mission for Bolivia's First Nuclear Research Reactor
An IAEA team of experts said that the Agency for Nuclear Energy of Bolivia, operator of Bolivia's first nuclear research reactor that is under construction, has developed a management system implementing the IAEA's safety standards. Read more →
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7 – 11 Apr 2025
Vienna, Austria
Third International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST-2025)
26 – 30 May 2025
Vienna, Austria
IAEA International Conference on Stakeholder Engagement for Nuclear Power Programmes
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Japan: IAEA Samples Water with Experts from China, Korea and Switzerland
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