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IAEA and OPEC Fund to Strengthen Cooperation in Nuclear Science, Technology and Applications for Sustainable Development

The IAEA and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) have formally agreed to strengthen joint efforts to tackle the world’s growing health, food and climate development challenges with nuclear science and technology under a new Practical Arrangement. Read more →

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Elevating Standards: How Accreditation has Enhanced Food Safety Laboratory Services in Africa

Zimbabwe’s Central Veterinary Laboratory and Uganda’s Directorate of Government Analytical Laboratories have attained accreditation to the international standard for testing and calibration in laboratories with the support of the IAEA and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Read more →

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Three New Cancer Institutes Become Rays of Hope Anchor Centres in Latin America, Europe and Africa

Three medical institutes – including the first-ever from Latin America – have joined the IAEA’s flagship cancer initiative as Rays of Hope Anchor Centres, bringing the current total to nine such centres around the globe. Read more →

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Update 234 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

The city where most staff of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) live was left without electricity for 16 hours over the weekend after a second sub-station in the area sustained damage and was taken out of operation, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today. Read more →

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Update 233 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

A recent Swiss-hosted “Summit on Peace in Ukraine” has highlighted wide international recognition of the crucial role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in preventing a nuclear accident during the conflict in Ukraine, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Read more →

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Director General: "Brazil Needs Nuclear and Nuclear Needs Brazil"

The IAEA Director General has highlighted the importance of Brazil for the global nuclear sector, during a trip to advance the country’s use of nuclear technologies to meet its development goals. Read more →

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