Update 247 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi will next week travel to Ukraine to hold high-level talks and assess developments at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), where nuclear safety and security remains precarious. Continue reading
Understanding Human Calorie Needs: IAEA Supports FAO and WHO
For the first time the IAEA is to help United Nations nutrition experts reevaluate human energy requirements: a key input for assessing global hunger that was last evaluated in 2001. Continue reading
Mozambique is Prioritizing Cancers Affecting Women and Children
The sub-Saharan African country of Mozambique is currently experiencing a high burden of infectious disease coupled with a growing burden of non-communicable diseases including cancer. Continue reading
IAEA Director General Statement on Kursk Nuclear Power Plant
Given the serious situation, I am personally leading the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in the Russian Federation.
The safety and security of all nuclear power plants is of central and fundamen... Continue reading
Update 246 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost connection to its only remaining off-site back-up power line yesterday, leaving it once again precariously reliant on a single power source, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the Internatio... Continue reading
IAEA Informed of Drone at Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, Director General Grossi to Assess Site
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed by the Russian Federation today that the remains of a drone were found within the territory of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. Continue reading
IAEA, Kenya and South Africa Work Together to Trace Sediments in Kenyan Port
The IAEA, Kenya and South Africa have been working together to apply a more environmentally friendly method of tracing ocean sediments, in order to keep East Africa's largest international seaport open for trade. Continue reading
IAEA Releases Nuclear Power Data and Operating Experience for 2023
Newly released nuclear power data for 2023 collected by the IAEA, paint a picture of a clean energy technology at a crossroads amid the emergence of a new global consensus to accelerate its deployment. Continue reading