The event Nuclear Security E-learning: A Tool to Effectively Engage with Nuclear Security Practitioners Worldwide showcased the suite of IAEA nuclear security e-learning modules, engaging users in an interactive presentation and session. During the event, participants could try out the modules under the guidance of IAEA experts involved in their development.
At the ReNuAL2: Building for Science event, attendees were given an overview of accomplishments in the project to modernise the IAEA’s nuclear applications laboratories in Seibersdorf, near Vienna – a project that will help the IAEA better support countries in addressing challenges like cancer and climate change. During the event, participants saw examples of disease resilient coffee plants developed and grown at the facility’s Plant Breeding Laboratory and learned about the way in which the Terrestrial Environment Laboratory works to help understand the global carbon cycle and the role that greenhouse gases play in climate change.
A panel discussion at the Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plans (INSSP): Building on 15 Years of Achievements event, focused on the impact of INSSPs and how this IAEA support mechanism has evolved to better adapt to countries’ needs.
At the event State Declarations Portal (SDP): The Efficient Way to Exchange Information with the IAEA Department of Safeguards participants learned about the portal, which provides an online method for State and regional authorities to submit to, and receive information from, the IAEA’s Department of Safeguards in a secure manner.
At the Nuclear Knowledge Management Digital Hub event, participants learned where they could access the latest information on nuclear knowledge management guidance and services, to support countries with operating nuclear facilities and those considering or developing new nuclear programmes.
Recognising contributions to plant mutation breeding, the Achievement Awards in Plant Mutation Breeding and Associated Biotechnologies event honoured 28 researchers and research teams of institutions from across 20 countries with awards for outstanding achievements. The recognition included 11 Outstanding Achievement Awards, 10 Women in Plant Mutation Breeding Awards, and seven Young Scientist Awards for significant efforts in the last decade in the development of new mutant varieties using irradiation.
The winning team of the IAEA Net Zero Challenge, a contest that asked young people around the world to craft winning policy proposals for the clean energy transition, was announced today at an event, IAEA Net-Zero Challenge: Meet the Finalists. During the event, the authors of the six finalist papers presented their proposals to an IAEA jury, describing how low carbon energy sources could help their countries and regions in achieving the Paris Agreement goals. The winning team, from Singapore, was then announced. A representative of the winning team will attend the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November and speak there at an IAEA event.
