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The supply agreement with China Nuclear International Corporation was finalised earlier this year, Cameco said. The 2023 International Natural Uranium Industry Development Forum also included updates on China's domestic uranium efforts.

Date: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cameco-announces-supply-contract-at-Beijing-uraniu

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have launched the Atoms4Food initiative to help boost food security and tackle growing world hunger. It will support countries to use innovative nuclear techniques in enhancing agricultural productivity, reducing food losses, ensuring food safety, improving nutrition, and adapting to the challenges of climate change.

Date: Friday, 20 October 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-and-fao-launch-atoms4food-initiative-11232607

Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi opened the 67th International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference by saying that opinion polls show the "tide is turning" on public attitudes to nuclear energy, but countries "still need to engage stakeholders openly and proactively" in their nuclear power programmes.

Date: Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grossi-urges-vocal-backing-of-nuclear-as-IAEA-gath

Group of Seven (G7) energy and environment ministers, following a two-day meeting in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo, issued a 36-page communique laying out their commitments ahead of a G7 summit in Hiroshima in May. The detailed statement covered sections on environment, climate and energy. It reaffirmed a commitment to accelerating the clean energy transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. “We call on and will work with other countries to end new unabated coal-fired power generation projects globally as soon as possible to accelerate the clean energy transition in a just manner,” the statement says, stipulating that countries should rely on “predominantly” clean energy by 2035.

Date: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsg7-ministers-reaffirm-net-zero-targets-condemn-russia-and-offer-only-qualified-support-for-nuclear-10770194

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched the Global Water Analysis Laboratory Network to help countries generate their own chemical, biological and isotopic water data and develop tailored water management strategies. 

Date: Saturday, 25 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-launches-global-water-resources-initiative

Sharm El-Sheikh marked the first time the global nuclear community had a large pavilion in the Blue Zone, at the heart of COP27, writes World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León. The pavilion, a partnership between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), World Nuclear Association and other nuclear organisations, was a focal point where people could visit and enquire about nuclear energy and the nuclear industry.

Date: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Bilbao-y-Leon-reflects-on-nuclear-s-pres

On his return from COP27, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has told the Agency’s Board of Governors: “At a time of great uncertainty about whether the world can keep global warming to limits that avert the worst consequences of climate change, the IAEA cooperatively is offering solutions and ways to progress.”

Date: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclear-industry-promises-action-in-the-wake-of-cop27-10376566

Opening the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) Atoms4Climate pavilion at United Nations climate change conference, COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said nuclear science and technology are part of the solution to both mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change impacts.  

Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgrossi-active-at-cop27-10350059

From 7 to 18 November 2022 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Atoms4Climate pavilion at the 2022 UN Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – COP27 – in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, will host a full programme of IAEA and partner events to showcase nuclear science and technology solutions for climate change mitigation, adaptation and monitoring. More than 35,000 people are expected to attend COP27, including more than 100 heads of state.

Date: Friday, 11 November 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-to-play-key-role-at-cop27-10284906

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.

Date: Thursday, 06 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-increases-its-projections-for-nuclear-power-growth-10062251