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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi talks about the Nuclear Saves Partnerships through which industry and others can partner with the Agency to expand its efforts to support development projects in low- and middle-income countries.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 25 November 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Message-The-Nuclear-Saves-Partnership-an-IAEA-init
An initiative to strengthen global preparedness for future pandemics like COVID-19 has been launched by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The project, called ZODIAC, builds on the IAEA's experience in assisting countries in the use of nuclear and nuclear-derived techniques for the rapid detection of pathogens that cause transboundary animal diseases, including ones that spread to humans.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 17 June 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-project-to-bolster-preparedness-for-pandemics
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is dispatching a first batch of equipment to more than 40 countries to enable them to use a nuclear-derived technique to rapidly detect the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. This emergency assistance is part of the IAEA's response to requests for support from around 90 Member States in controlling an increasing number of infections worldwide.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 03 April 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-dispatches-COVID-19-detection-equipment