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A 5.9 magnitude earthquake, a hydraulic oil spill and the release of an International Atomic Energy Agency report highlighted the last week at Fukushima Daiichi. Recent developments related to the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant blacked out following Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami include: Plant...

Yukiya Amano has been appointed to a second term as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. If his appointment by the organization's board of governors is approved at the IAEA's general conference in September, his term will extend through November of 2017. The IAEA announced...

As a result of each organization's response to the Fukushima Daiichi accidents last year in Japan, the World Association of Nuclear Operators and the International Atomic Energy Agency announced Monday that they will collaborate more closely in their efforts to promote safety at nuclear plants. Specifically...

On his first official visit to Japan Tuesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron signed an agreement that will lead to nuclear cooperation between Japan and the UK. According to the agreement, "Japanese companies' technical expertise in new plant design and construction, and the UK's...

More than 50 leaders from nuclear organizations and governments around the world will convene at the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit today and begin deliberating efforts to help keep nuclear materials safe. The event builds on a similar summit in 2010 in Washington, D.C., where member countries agreed...

In spite of a reduction in nuclear power generation in Europe following the Fukushima Daiichi crisis, the International Atomic Energy Agency still expects use of the technology to expand dramatically in the next 20 years. Reuters reported Friday that a not-yet-published IAEA report obtained by the news...

A U.N. agency has found the initial health impacts of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi accident to be minimal, while another international body recently gave its approval to the so-called stress tests for the country’s other reactors. At Fukushima itself, the news was less encouraging, as leaks...

On Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported the Czech government had detected radioactive iodine in air samples above the Czech Republic. An IAEA release confirmed that similar measurements had been taken elsewhere in Europe, but all were at trace levels that do not threaten public health...

The 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency adopted a broad framework for more international coordination in assessing safety at nuclear power plants following the Fukushima Daiichi crisis in Japan. The voluntary measures, adopted unanimously Tuesday, encompass a number of suggestions...

The United Nations' nuclear agency announced it will work to restore faith in nuclear power following the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan, noting that the agency still forecasts robust reactor construction in Asia despite a slowdown in the industry. “In the aftermath of Fukushima Daiichi...

In a brief summary of its investigation of the Fukushima Daiichi crisis, the International Atomic Energy Agency faulted the March 11 tsunami, rather than the earthquake that preceded it, for precipitating reactor accidents at the Japanese nuclear plant. The IAEA report lends further credence to Tokyo...

Both the Nuclear Regulator Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency Announced Monday that they would send experts to assist Japanese authorities struggling to cool earthquake-damaged nuclear plants. Two NRC officials with boiling water reactor expertise departed for Japan Monday as part...

Worldwide exploration and mine development expenditures have more than doubled since the publication of the previous edition, Uranium 2007: Resources, Production and Demand. These expenditures have increased despite declining uranium market prices since mid-2007 - Edited by Linton Levy - According...

"The bodies in charge of carrying out the Egyptian nuclear program are currently studying the after-2025 stages as the issue of setting up four nuclear plants before this date has already been decided and there is no way to retreat from establishing any of the four plants," the country's...

Additional Protocol Declaration Helper to Provide States Assistance in Meeting Nuclear Safeguards Commitments - By April Murelio - The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the launch of a new web tool to help countries implement their safeguards commitments under the International...

As an experienced user of nuclear energy, Spain is a very active member of the IAEA and participates fully in all areas of our work. Numerous Spanish experts take part in IAEA peer review missions which examine countries´ nuclear infrastructure or safety regimes - Edited by April Murelio - ...

International Atomic Energy Agency's Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) Program Looks at Human Aspect of Plant Operations - By Dana Sacchetti, IAEA Division of Public Information - Nuclear safety is a never ending quest for improvement, and one of the more prominent IAEA efforts that helps...

Learning From Experience is theme for International Atomic Energy Agency's Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) Program Conference - By Sasha Henriques, IAEA Divison of Public Information - An old proverb says, a smart man learns from his experience, but a wise man learns from the experiences...

Several countries are helping Ukraine build a more stable and permanent structure to replace the sarcophagus. But excavation at the construction site will likely unearth significant amounts of radioactive nuclear fuel and fragments ejected from the reactor at the time of the accident. This material presents...

"Nuclear power continues to grow: 56 new nuclear reactors are under construction, the largest number since 1992," says Yury Sokolov, IAEA Deputy Director General for Nuclear Energy . - By Giovanni Verlini, IAEA Division of Public Information - In a world facing the combined challenge...

At the start of the Conference, the United States announced a new proposal for a 100 million US dollars IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative, and pledged 50 million US dollars for that fund over the next five years - By Giovanni Verlini, IAEA Division of Public Information - In his opening address at...

The IAEA Country Program Officer for Nigeria, Mr. Mulugeta Amha, said while on a visit to the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) that since Nigeria is the epicentre and the most populous country in Africa, the successful development and implementation of the nuclear power programme will have a multiplier...

Experts to Exchange Ideas and Experiences on Management of Spent Fuel at Event - By Giovanni Verlini, IAEA Division of Public Information - Exhaused nuclear fuel removed from almost four hundred nuclear power reactors in operation today is piling up, while an increasing number of countries are...

The report also said that a nuclear safety program currently being implemented in Ukraine included measures to address inadequacies revealed in the course of the study - Edited By April Murelio - According to a report by the The Kyiv Post. Ukrainian nuclear power plants meet most of the nuclear...

IAEA Promotes Sharing of Experience and Good Practices Among States - By Giovanni Verlini, IAEA Division of Public Information - Radioactive waste and spent fuel are side products in nuclear energy production and other nuclear applications in medicine, industry and research. The quantities of...