Media advisories

IAEA briefing in advance of the International Conference on Nuclear Forensics

Participants in an IAEA-organized Conference starting 7 July will review nuclear forensics as an essential element of security infrastructure and discuss recent developments related to the application of nuclear forensics in support of law enforcement investigations and nuclear security assessments. Mechanisms for achieving further international cooperation and enhancing IAEA support to Member States that request assistance in developing nuclear forensics capabilities will be proposed and discussed.

Press Arrangements for IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 2-6 June 2014

The IAEA Board of Governors will convene a meeting at the Agency's headquarters starting at 10:30 CEST on Monday, 2 June 2014 in Boardroom C of the C-Building, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC).

IAEA to Host International Conference on Human Resource Development

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) event next week will focus on the global challenges of capacity building, human resource development, education and training, knowledge management and knowledge networks in the field of nuclear power.

The IAEA International Conference on Human Resource Development for Nuclear Power Programmes: Building and Sustaining Capacity, which will be held on 12 to 16 May 2014 at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, will also include themes reflected in the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety.

Parties to Convention on Nuclear Safety Hold Review Meeting, 24 March to 4 April 2014

The 76 parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety will start a two-week meeting on Monday, 24 March 2014 in Vienna, to review their work under the Convention. The Sixth Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety will be hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is the Secretariat for the Convention. The Convention, which entered into force in 1996, is an incentive instrument that aims to commit participating States to maintain a high level of nuclear safety by setting international benchmarks.