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Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said on 9 April that Iran's nuclear technology is 'irreversible' and research in the field will not be tied to other's requests. He was speaking at a ceremony revealing nine nuclear achievements as part of the National Day of Nuclear Technology, where he visited the exhibition of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-announces-new-nuclear-developments-9617425
Asia’s first demonstration facility for medical wastewater treatment using electron beam (EB) technology began operation in China this year. According the an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on 11 August. “This is the first pilot-scale – 400 cubic metres per day – demonstration of EB for medical wastewater treatment,” said Shijun He, Professor at the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) at Tsinghua University. The facility in the Hubei Province sterilises medical wastewater and decomposes antibiotics without additional disinfectant or the production of secondary pollution. The milestone builds on a foundation of research by and technical cooperation with the IAEA that started a decade ago. “The IAEA has played a very important role on EB application in China,” said He. The facility opened in May.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 18 August 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschina-opens-electron-beam-facility-to-treat-medical-wastewater-9005111
The fight against the coronavirus pandemic has underscored the important role the International Atomic Energy Agency plays in the major crises the world faces, its director general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said today in his opening address to the 64th regular session of the IAEA General Conference. These remarks were in addition to his formal statement published by the agency while he was speaking to the conference's participants, both those present at the IAEA's headquarters in Vienna and those watching via livestreaming of the event.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 22 September 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-works-to-help-every-global-challenge-says-Gro
The agency’s director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, told a virtual board of governors meeting on Monday that the Zoonotic Disease Integrated Action (Zodiac) project will give member states access to equipment, technology packages, expertise, guidance and training.
The aim is to make the world better prepared for future outbreaks. Mr Grossi said Covid-19 had exposed problems related to virus detection capabilities in many countries, as well as a need for better communication between health institutions around the world.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 16 June 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/iaea-launches-zodiac-project-to-establish-global-laboratory-network-6-1-2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented demand for personal protective equipment (PPE), part of which must be sterile, i.e. exempt from any microorganism such as bacteria or moulds that can compromise the wearer’s or the patient's safety. It was realised that whilst irradiation is routinely used to sterilise medical products it might also be possible to use the technology to increase the available supply of PPE, writes Paul Wynne, chairman of the International Irradiation Association.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 06 May 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Using-irradiation-to-treat-PPE
Radiation is an effective and established tool to sterilise personal protective equipment that is in high demand during the current pandemic. However, it should not be used for espiratory face masks as it weakens their filters, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 05 May 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-advises-against-radiation-to-sterilise-respiratory-face-masks-7904001
Radiation is an "effective and established" tool to sterilise personal protective equipment (PPE) that is in high demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, except for respiratory face masks as it weakens their filters, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 02 May 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Radiation-effective-for-PPE-but-not-masks-says-IAE
Nuclear power has responded to the call to action in the public health crisis that each and every one of us is facing, writes World Nuclear Association Director General Agneta Rising.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 31 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Message-Nuclear-power-in-the-fight-against-COVID19
Nuclear power has responded to the call to action in the public health crisis that each and every one of us is facing, writes World Nuclear Association Director General Agneta Rising.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 28 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Message-Nuclear-power-in-the-fight-against-COVID-1
Nuclear energy is a mature and proven low-carbon source of electricity, with a 60-year track record of providing reliable and safe operation. Further innovation and technological development will enable even wider applications aimed at deep decarbonisation of economies around the world and supporting sustainable development. This was the message of King Lee, director of the Harmony Programme at World Nuclear Association, to delegates at the UN side event for Sustainable Development Goal 9, held today at COP25 in Madrid.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Speech-Nuclear-energy-innovation-for-clean-growth