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Press Release
28 June 2024
Tritium Level in Seventh Batch of ALPS Treated Water Far Below Japan's Operational Limit, IAEA Confirms
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have confirmed that the tritium concentration in the seventh batch of diluted ALPS treated water, which the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) began discharging today, is far below Japan’s operational limit, Read more →
Press Release
27 June 2024
Update 235 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed by the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) that an external radiation monitoring station was destroyed by shelling and fire this week, further reducing the effectiveness of its off-site capability to detect and measure any radioactive release during an emergency, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Read more →
News Story
27 June 2024
IAEA DG Grossi to World Bank: Global Consensus Calls for Nuclear Expansion, This Needs Financial Support
Speaking with members of the World Bank Group Executive Board in Washington, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi shared the IAEA’s perspective on nuclear energy. Read more →
News Story
26 June 2024
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 →
News Story
25 June 2024
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 →
News Story
24 June 2024
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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1 – 5 Jul 2024
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management and Human Resources Development: Challenges and Opportunities
11 – 15 Nov 2024
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Research Reactors: Achievements, Experience and the Way to a Sustainable Future
7 – 11 Apr 2025
Vienna, Austria
Third International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST-2025)
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