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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has conducted its first Integrated Research Reactor Utilization Review (IRRUR) mission. An international team of experts carried out a thorough assessment of the way in which Chile's RECH-1 research reactor is currently being used and its potential capabilities.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 21 July 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-team-assesses-utilisation-of-Chilean-research
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 1 April that it is dispatching the first batch of equipment to more than 40 countries to enable them to use a nuclear-derived technique to detect the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 03 April 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-to-ship-test-equipment-to-countries-combatting-covid-19-7853321
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
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
Mr Grossi, in his first statement to the board since taking over as director-general in December, said the IAEA is not a specialised health agency and has no role in controlling the disease. “But we do have expertise and experience that help in detecting outbreaks of certain viral diseases and in diagnosing them,” he said.
“We have been in constant contact with the World Health Organisation and other key partners to assess the current level of knowledge about Covid-19, identify gaps and work to accelerate and fund priority research.”
He said so far, the agency has received official requests for support from six countries in Africa, five in the Asia and Pacific region and three in Latin America.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 13 March 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/iaea-doing-everything-it-can-to-help-countries-respond-to-outbreak-3-1-2020
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will provide diagnostic kits, equipment and training in nuclear-derived detection techniques to countries asking for assistance in tackling the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19. Fourteen countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean have requested assistance with the diagnostic technique, known as Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). "The Agency takes pride in its ability to respond quickly to crises, as we did in the recent past with the Ebola, Zika and African Swine Fever viruses," IAEA Director General Mariano Grossi said in a statement to the IAEA Board of Governors. "Contributing to international efforts to deal with the coronavirus will remain a priority for me as long as the outbreak persists."
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 11 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-announces-support-for-COVID-19-effort
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
Mr Amano told a meeting of the Regional Cooperation Agreement for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (Arcal) that cancer is the second most important cause of death in Latin America and the Caribbean, after cardiovascular diseases.
He said Arcal members have identified the development of regionally produced radiopharmaceuticals, used in cancer diagnosis and treatment, and training for radiotherapy technicians and medical physicists as priorities for technical cooperation with the IAEA.
Mr Amano told the meeting, in Cuba, that when the “long-overdue” modernisation of IAEA laboratories in Austria is finished, the agency will be able to deliver improved services to member states to make food safer, improve control of harmful insect pests, and maximise the benefits of new radiation technology for cancer treatment.
He said a current five-year plan includes a focus on “strengthening national cancer control programmes”.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/more-needs-to-be-done-on-nuclear-medicine-in-latin-america-and-caribbean-says-amano