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The IAEA is addressing some of today’s biggest global challenges, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told delegates at the opening of the Agency’s 66th annual General Conference which ran from 26-30 September.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 06 October 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-increases-its-projections-for-nuclear-power-growth-10062251
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi says that climate change and the energy crisis has led to more countries seeing nuclear power as a solution, as the IAEA increases its forecast for future nuclear capacity.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 27 September 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-increases-projection-of-nuclear-power-growth
Mr Grossi praised Germany’s efforts and progress in decommissioning its nuclear power plants and managing the waste. He noted that last year, an IAEA team of experts carried out a review in Germany and concluded the country was continuing to manage its radioactive waste and spent fuel in a safe and responsible manner. The team also noted opportunities for improving the monitoring of the implementation of the national programme for radioactive waste and spent fuel management.
He said Germany is demonstrating continued strong support for the International Atomic Energy Agency even as the country is shutting down its nuclear power plants, the agency’s director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi said after meeting foreign minister Heiko Maas and other senior German officials in Berlin.
The IAEA said Germany was among a group of countries that quickly stepped in with new financial commitments to ensure that the agency’s safeguards work was not interrupted during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Germany also joined other IAEA member states in backing an agency project to provide nuclear-derived testing equipment and training and expertise to some 125 countries to help them quickly detect the coronavirus.
Mr Grossi said Mr Maas had expressed interest in Zodiac (Zoonotic Disease Integrated Action), an IAEA initiative to use nuclear techniques and an international network of laboratories to help prevent future pandemics.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/despite-phaseout-berlin-is-continuing-strong-support-for-iaea-says-grossi-10-2-2020
A ceremony was held today to mark the official opening of a state-of-the-art laboratory building, named after former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano, at the agency's Seibersdorf site outside Vienna, Austria. The new facility will increase the IAEA's capacity to assist countries in fighting and preventing transboundary animal and zoonotic diseases like COVID-19, and to tackle challenges related to climate change and food safety.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 06 June 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-opens-Yukiya-Amano-Laboratories
Biopharmaceutical leader Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has committed to donating JPY500 million (around $4.67 million) in support of a global initiative launched by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help countries combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 15 May 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-global-initiative-to-combat-covid-19-attracts-donations-7924200