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5 June 2024
#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 study of Kenya and the farmers and scientists working on drought resilience there. Read more →
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4 June 2024
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 displays at 19 different exhibits. Read more →
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3 June 2024
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 “precarious and very fragile situation” at the plant. Read more →
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31 May 2024
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. Read more →
Press Release
30 May 2024
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). Read more →
News Story
29 May 2024
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. 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
11 – 15 Nov 2024
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Research Reactors: Achievements, Experience and the Way to a Sustainable Future
7 – 11 Apr 2025
Vienna, Austria
Third International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST-2025)
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#WorldEnvironmentDay: Drought Resilience in Kenya
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