#WorldEnvironmentDay: Drought Resilience in Kenya
#WorldEnvironmentDay 2024 focuses on land restoration, halting desertification and building drought resilience – areas where the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is already making a significant difference. This short film examines the case stu... Continue reading
Long Night of Research 2024 Sees Most Attendees So Far
The Vienna International Centre welcomed over 2,300 people to the recent Long Night of Research - an Austria-wide event promoting science to people of all ages. This year's successful night saw the most VIC attendees so far, who enjoyed interactive dis... Continue reading
IAEA Director General Briefs Board of Governors on Ukraine, Iran, Atoms4Food, Rays of Hope and More
In his opening statement to the IAEA’s Board of Governors today, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi spoke of how the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) came under direct attack in April for the first time in one and a half years, describing the... Continue reading
Latest Developments in Food Irradiation Help to Make Food Safer and Easier to Trade Worldwide
As the International Symposium on Food Safety and Control wraps up today at the IAEA's Vienna headquarters, we look at the latest developments in food irradiation that are helping to make food safer. Continue reading
Update 230 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi met with senior Russian officials this week as part of the continuing efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help prevent a nuclear accident at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP... Continue reading
New Member State The Gambia Lays Foundations to Safely Introduce Public Radiotherapy for Cancer Control
The Republic of The Gambia is making significant progress in laying the foundations for comprehensive cancer control, a team of experts from the IAEA, the World Health Organisation and the International Agency for Research on Cancer has found. Continue reading
Food Safety: Costa Rica’s Growing Export
Ensuring food safety is crucial for protecting public health and facilitating trade in food products. For the past decade, the IAEA has supported Costa Rica in using nuclear techniques to detect food contaminants. Continue reading
IAEA Conference Shapes the Future of Nuclear Security – ICONS 2024
From protecting digital systems from cyber attacks to making sure that nuclear technology cannot get misused, nuclear security is more than about preventing nuclear terrorism. Continue reading