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24 May 2024
IAEA and FAO Symposium to Discuss Food Safety and Control
The International Symposium on Food Safety and Control will bring together nearly 500 participants from 112 countries, uniting efforts to safeguard the food supply chain and strengthen its defence against threats to food security. Read more →
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24 May 2024
Collaboration on Nuclear Security Knows No Borders
International security and governance experts have agreed on the importance of closer international collaboration in the field of nuclear security, at a high level event on the sidelines of the ongoing ICONS conference. Read more →
Press Release
23 May 2024
Update 229 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) temporarily lost the connection to its sole remaining 750 kilovolt (kV) off-site power line this afternoon due to a reported short-circuit, leaving it reliant on a single back-up line for more than three hours, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today. Read more →
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22 May 2024
IAEA Director Meets Finland's President and Participates in Nordic Nuclear Forum
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi was in Finland this week to meet President Alexander Stubb, with whom he discussed nuclear policies, non-proliferation and Ukraine. Read more →
Press Release
21 May 2024
IAEA Conference Focusses on Strengthening and Sustaining Nuclear Security Amid Emerging Threats
Over 130 countries meet at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this week to strengthen nuclear security efforts to counter the threat of nuclear terrorism and other malicious acts in the face of emerging risks. Read more →
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21 May 2024
New National Cancer Centre in Mauritius to Deliver Advanced Nuclear Medicine in the Country and Region
Mauritius inaugurated its new National Cancer Centre in Solferino, marking the culmination of close to a decade of IAEA support to advance nuclear medicine in the country which will house all oncology services under one roof, including nuclear medicine. Read more →
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1 – 5 Jul 2024
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management and Human Resources Development: Challenges and Opportunities
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