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Press Release
6 November 2024
Fusion Energy Momentum Highlighted at Ministerial Meeting Hosted by IAEA and Italy
Government ministers and senior officials from dozens of countries convened for the inaugural ministerial meeting of the World Fusion Energy Group today, underscoring the growing interest and progress in developing fusion technology to provide a clean, safe and limitless source of energy. Read more →
Bulletin Article
5 November 2024
COP29: Building on the Momentum from Dubai to Baku
With COP29 just around the corner, the focus on nuclear power and its potential continues to grow. Read about the increasingly prominent role nuclear power is playing in the clean energy transition. Read more →
News Story
4 November 2024
IAEA’s First Cuban Collaborating Centre for Coastal and Marine Health
The first IAEA Collaborating Centre for marine research in a small island developing state has been officially designated in Cuba. Read more →
News Story
1 November 2024
IAEA Launches New App to Help Assess Radiation Threat Following Alarm
The IAEA has launched a new app to help frontline officers assess radiation alarms triggered by people at airports, border crossings and other points of entry – and ease delays. Read more →
Press Release
31 October 2024
Update 257 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
At Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), repairs are being conducted in one of its six reactors after a small water leakage was detected from an impulse line – essentially a small pipe – connected to the unit’s primary circuit, with the work expected to be completed later this week, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today. Read more →
News Story
30 October 2024
Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Strengthened in the Caribbean
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, held in October, promotes screening and prevention of this disease, which affects millions of women. Read more →
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11 – 15 Nov 2024
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Research Reactors: Achievements, Experience and the Way to a Sustainable Future
26 – 28 Nov 2024
Vienna, Austria
Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Science, Technology and Applications and the Technical Cooperation Programme
7 – 11 Apr 2025
Vienna, Austria
Third International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST-2025)
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