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The sustained presence of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been essential to our ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of a nuclear ...
In a world where women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics often face challenges, Bouchra Boustani’s story stands as a beacon of inspiration. Her journey — from a small town in Morocco ...
As part of the first ever IAEA International Conference on Stakeholder Engagement for Nuclear Power Programmes, held in Vienna from 26-30 May 2025, artists were invited to participate in the ...
At the recent International Group on Research Reactors (IGORR) event in Mito, Japan, organized by the IAEA and Japan’s Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), experts emphasized the need to ensure safety and ...
The IAEA, through its Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, is inviting research institutes to join the new one-year research project CRP to enhance climate resilience ...
Working in partnership with the IAEA, Tunisia completed the transfer of more than 100 disused radium sources to the United States last month through the Global Radium-226 Management Initiative, where ...
The IAEA team at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) yesterday observed smoke while in the plant’s administrative building where its office is located, following reports of fire near the ...
Radiation protection measures for patients will need rapid updating to keep pace with exciting new developments in nuclear medicine, according to experts at a recent IAEA meeting on the topic.  The ...
Jamema Swamidas, Head of the IAEA Dosimetry Laboratory, explaining how the IAEA supports countries around the world on utilizing ionizing radiation safely and effectively to tackle cancer. (Photo: D.
Nuclear techniques also support food safety in other ways — for instance, by using irradiation to protect food from pests and extend shelf life without compromising safety.
One focus of Jamaica’s newly-established mutation breeding programme its Blue Mountain coffee, the internationally renowned variety of Arabica coffee; to counter the armful effect of a coffee leaf ...