IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi’s remarks on the 40th anniversary of the accident at Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

The International Conference on Effective Nuclear and Radiation Regulatory Systems (RegCon2026) opened today, bringing together regulators and other stakeholders from around the world to explore how ...

While nuclear fission derives energy from splitting atomic nuclei, nuclear fusion does so by joining them, releasing energy in the process. Though both atomic reactions produce energy by modifying ...

Strengthening Sustainability: IAEA Conducts Training on Strategic Environmental Assessment ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The IAEA has recently published its updated Database on ...

The IAEA has handed over to Viet Nam the final report of a peer review mission that assessed the country's development of the infrastructure needed for a safe, secure and sustainable nuclear power ...

This Division comprises three separate laboratories that together constitute the IAEA's Marine Environment Laboratories. They use nuclear and isotopic techniques to understand and propose mitigation ...

Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) is the basic material to fabricate nuclear fuel. It consists of uranium hexafluoride that is a white-grey, waxy solid at standard temperature and pressure. LEU is made by ...

Irradiation can be used to induce mutations in plants with the goal to produce varieties that display improved product quality, have higher yields and yield stability, greater resilience to climate ...

The IAEA is the depositary of key international conventions and legal agreements. Additionally, the Agency is entrusted with responsibilities under treaties and agreements that States have adopted. Go ...

NUTEC Plastics is the IAEA’s flagship initiative to address the global challenge of plastic pollution. It brings together countries and partners from around the world to fight plastic pollution on two ...

There are no known radiological effects of exposure to naturally occurring uranium however exposure to products of U-235 fission can cause cancers.