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11 December 2024
IAEA Director General Calls for Diplomacy and Dialogue to Reduce Nuclear Tensions at Nobel Peace Prize Forum
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi delivered the keynote address at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2024, calling for diplomacy and dialogue to reduce nuclear tensions and prevent proliferation. Read more →
Press Release
10 December 2024
Update 264 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
A drone hit and severely damaged an official vehicle of the International Atomic Energy Agency during a rotation today of IAEA teams to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), in what Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi condemned as an “unacceptable” attack on Agency staff working to prevent a nuclear accident during the military conflict. Read more →
News Story
10 December 2024
Indonesia Launches New National Cancer Control Plan Building on Review Mission Recommendations
Indonesia has used conclusions and recommendations gathered during two recent IAEA missions to inform the development of its new National Cancer Control Plan. Read more →
News Story
9 December 2024
Dominican Republic Successfully Eradicate Mediterranean Fruit Fly Infestation in Record Time
In record time, the Dominican Republic was able to successfully contain a new incursion of the Mediterranean fruit fly, a highly destructive pest threatening agricultural production worldwide in 2024. Read more →
Press Release
6 December 2024
IAEA Reviews Progress of the Philippines' Nuclear Infrastructure Development
As the Philippines embarks on the development of the country’s nuclear power programme, it is making progress in developing the necessary nuclear infrastructure, according to an IAEA review mission that concluded today. Read more →
Press Release
5 December 2024
Update 263 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine’s three operating NPPs have largely restored their electricity production after sharply reducing output last week as a precautionary step due to renewed attacks on the country’s increasingly fragile energy grid, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the IAEA said today. 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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