The IAEA supports Member States towards the safe and secure deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs), which can enhance energy security while helping to achieve global climate goals. To this end, ...

The purpose of the IAEA internship programme is to provide people studying toward a university degree or who have recently received a degree with the opportunity to gain practical work experience in ...

The IAEA offers 12 online learning courses on spent fuel and radioactive waste management, and decommissioning and environmental remediation. These courses consist of 50 modules and almost 100 ...

Radiation technology can be used to modify various materials. This brings about certain changes in their properties, many of which can be used in a wide variety of commercial applications. Various ...

The IAEA logo is a vital element of the Agency’s visual identity, symbolizing its mission and role within the United Nations system. The logo is protected under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention ...

Uranium is a naturally occurring radioactive element, which has the atomic number of 92 and corresponds to the chemical symbol U in the periodic table. It belongs to a special group of elements called ...

For centuries, coal has been key to the industrial revolution around the world. While coal played a major role in the development of the modern world, it is also the primary reason behind climate ...

Following Friday’s attacks on nuclear sites in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the military conflict continues. As I reported to the IAEA’s Board of Governors and then to the UN Security Council last ...

Early this morning, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was informed of the military operation launched by Israel which includes attacks on nuclear facilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran ...

Cherenkov radiation is a form of energy that we can perceive as a blue glow emitted when the electrically charged particles that compose atoms (i.e. electrons and protons) are moving at speeds faster ...

While the livelihoods of more than three billion people depend on oceanic resources, the ocean also provides a large fraction of the oxygen we breathe and absorbs greenhouse gases, mitigating their ...

Achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is a daunting challenge, and will require a significant expansion of clean energy sources, including nuclear power. In the short term, the bulk of nuclear ...