International Nuclear News Including Fukushima Updates

IAEA to Designate Capacity Building Centre in Fukushima for Emergency Preparedness and Response

2013-05-22T10:05:48Z

The IAEA, supported by the Government of Japan, will designate a new Response and Assistance Network (RANET) Capacity Building Centre in the city of Fukushima next week....(read more)

IAEA to Host Experts’ Meeting on Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety

2013-05-17T13:34:49Z

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will host an International Experts’ Meeting (IEM) on Human and Organizational Factors in Nuclear Safety in the Light of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant from 21 to 24 May 2013....(read more)

International Expert Team Concludes IAEA Peer Review of Poland’s Regulatory Framework for Nuclear and Radiation Safety

2013-04-30T16:11:46Z

International safety experts last week concluded a two-week International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to review the regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety in Poland....(read more)

Future of Nuclear Power in Focus at IAEA Ministerial Conference in Saint Petersburg

2013-04-25T14:28:20Z

Government ministers and international experts will discuss the future of nuclear energy at an IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century, to be held 27 – 29 June 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation....(read more)

IAEA Team Completes Initial Review of Japan’s Plans to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi

2013-04-22T08:15:01Z

An IAEA expert team today completed an initial review of Japan’s efforts to plan and implement the decommissioning of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station....(read more)

IAEA Experts to Visit Fukushima Daiichi Site, Review Japan’s Decommissioning Plans

2013-04-09T16:01:52Z

An IAEA expert team will visit Japan this month at the request of the Japanese government to review the nation’s efforts to plan and implement the decommissioning of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station....(read more)

IAEA Board of Governors Re-Appoints IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano

2013-03-06T18:16:14Z

In a decision taken by acclamation, the IAEA Board of Governors re-appointed the current Director General, Yukiya Amano, to a further four-year term of office....(read more)

IAEA International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Safe Technologies and Sustainable Scenarios, 4-7 March 2013, Paris, France

2013-02-26T17:30:28Z

Journalists are invited to attend a four-day International Conference in Paris to review fast reactor and fuel cycle technology advances, safety, economic and proliferation resistant related issues....(read more)

Press Arrangements for IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 4-8 March 2013

2013-02-20T12:52:04Z

The IAEA Board of Governors will convene a meeting at the Agency’s headquarters starting at 10:00 CET on Monday, 4 March 2013 in Boardroom A of the M-Building, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC)....(read more)

Remarks by Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts

2013-02-14T11:19:45Z

The following is a transcript of remarks made on 14 February 2013 by Herman Nackaerts, Deputy Director General for Safeguards, at the Vienna International Airport upon his return from Iran....(read more)

IAEA Says DPRK Nuclear Test “Deeply Regrettable”

2013-02-12T09:43:47Z

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano expressed deep regret about the announcement that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has conducted a third test of a nuclear weapon....(read more)

IAEA To Highlight Global Health Crisis on World Cancer Day

2013-01-31T14:40:44Z

The IAEA will mark World Cancer Day on Monday, 4 February 2013 with an event to raise awareness about the nature of cancer in low- and middle-income countries....(read more)

IAEA to Host Experts’ Meeting on Post-Accident Nuclear Decommissioning and Remediation

2013-01-25T12:53:16Z

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will host a five-day International Experts’ Meeting (IEM) on Decommissioning and Remediation After a Nuclear Accident from 28 January to 1 February 2013....(read more)

IAEA, Fukushima Prefecture Sign Cooperation Memorandum

2012-12-15T20:04:44Z

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and the Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, Yuhei Sato, today signed a Memorandum of Cooperation confirming their willingness to implement concrete projects to help alleviate the consequences of the accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station....(read more)

Fukushima Ministerial Conference Urges Continued Work to Strengthen Nuclear Safety

2012-12-15T16:05:26Z

Strengthening nuclear safety is a continuous process that leaves no room for complacency, the Co-Presidents of the Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety said in a statement today....(read more)