New IAEA Report on Climate Change and Nuclear Power Focuses on Financing
The 2024 edition of the IAEA’s Climate Change and Nuclear Power report has been released, highlighting the need for a significant increase in investment to achieve goals for expanding nuclear power. Continue reading
Update 255 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Experts from the IAEA stationed at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant are reporting daily military activity in the vicinity, with some explosions occurring close to the facility. The IAEA team at the site has focussed its efforts on assessing t... Continue reading
Tritium Level Far Below Japan’s Operational Limit in Tenth Batch of ALPS Treated Water, IAEA Confirms
IAEA experts have confirmed that the tritium concentration in the tenth batch of diluted ALPS treated water, which the Tokyo Electric Power Company began discharging 17 October, is far below Japan’s operational limit. Continue reading
International Conference on Small Modular Reactors Next Week
More than 1000 participants from nearly 100 countries are set to attend the first IAEA International Conference on Small Modular Reactors and their Applications, from 21 to 25 October at the Agency’s headquarters in Vienna. Continue reading
World Food Day 2024: DG Highlights Joint IAEA and FAO Atoms4Food Initiative to Reduce Global Hunger
Speaking on World Food Day at the opening session of the FAO Science and Innovation Forum in Rome, Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, marked the day with Qu Dongyu, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization. The Director Gene... Continue reading
2023 IAEA Annual Report Presented to the UN General Assembly
The 2023 IAEA Annual Report is now available to read online, in all the official UN languages. Continue reading
IAEA Initiates First Practical Steps of Additional Measures at Sea Near Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
The IAEA initiated today the first practical steps of additional measures at sea near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Continue reading
What Is Blue Carbon?
The IAEA works with scientists all over the world to study Blue Carbon, the organic carbon that is captured and stored by the ocean in vegetated coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests, saltmarshes or seagrass meadows. Continue reading