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IAEA Team Concludes Site and External Events Design Review for Ghana’s First Nuclear Power Plant (Fri, 21 Feb 2025)
Ghana is pursuing the introduction of nuclear power to increase its low carbon power production to meet energy demand, tackle climate change and increase energy security and diversity.
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Director General in Japan Supporting Nuclear Safety and Remediation (Fri, 21 Feb 2025)
The IAEA Director General has been in Japan this week, supporting local efforts to enhance nuclear safety and environmental remediation, as the country prepares to restart its nuclear power plants closed since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
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Strengthening New Partnership with Japanese Private Sector (Fri, 21 Feb 2025)
The IAEA Director General has signed a cooperation agreement with one of the largest worldwide integrated trading companies and had a lecture and networking event at Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) this week, as part of ongoing efforts to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy through partnerships.
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Update 277 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine (Thu, 20 Feb 2025)
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been relying on a single off-site power line for more than a week now after its only remaining back-up line was lost, once again highlighting an extremely fragile nuclear safety situation during the military conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.
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IAEA Director General Joins International Experts for Seawater Sampling Near Fukushima (Wed, 19 Feb 2025)
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi joined scientists from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland, along with IAEA experts, as they collected seawater samples near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station today.
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IAEA Completes Integrated Safety Assessment Mission for Bolivia's First Nuclear Research Reactor (Wed, 19 Feb 2025)
An IAEA team of experts said that the Agency for Nuclear Energy of Bolivia, operator of Bolivia's first nuclear research reactor that is under construction, has developed a management system implementing the IAEA's safety standards.
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IAEA to Host International Symposium on AI and Nuclear Energy in December (Tue, 18 Feb 2025)
The IAEA will host the first ever International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Energy at its headquarters in Vienna from 3 to 4 December 2025.
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Recycling old Radium into Cancer Drugs (Mon, 17 Feb 2025)
An IAEA expert mission was deployed to Suva, Fiji, to support the recovery and transportation of radium-226 to the USA, where the sources will be used as a feedstock to produce actinium-225, an alpha-emitting isotope which is increasingly used in targeted cancer treatments.
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Update 276 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine (Sat, 15 Feb 2025)
Ukrainian firefighters have been working around the clock in freezing weather to completely extinguish small fires that still smoulder after Friday’s drone strike on the building containing the remains of the reactor destroyed in the 1986 Chornobyl accident, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.
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Update 275 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine (Fri, 14 Feb 2025)
A drone attack early this morning caused a fire on the building confining the remains of the reactor destroyed in the 1986 Chornobyl accident, a deeply concerning incident that underlines the persistent risks to nuclear safety during the military conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.
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