IAEA Alert Log

Vienna, 15 May 2012 – The following is a transcript of a media statement by IAEA Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts after meetings with Iran on 14-15 May 2012:  “During these two days, the Agency and Iran discussed a number of options to take the Agency’s verification process forward in a...

18 May 2012 | Vienna, Austria | The Director General of the IAEA, Yukiya Amano, will travel to Tehran this Sunday, 20 May, to discuss issues of mutual interest with high Iranian officials. In the course of his one-day working visit, on Monday 21 May the Director General will meet the Secretary...

Vienna, 22 May 2012 – The following is a partial transcript of comments by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano to journalists at Vienna airport on his return today from Iran: “Ladies and gentlemen, I just came back from Tehran.  During my stay in Tehran, there was an important development...

IAEA Team Concludes Peer Review of Greece’s Regulatory Framework for Radiation Safety 31 May 2012 | Athens, Greece – An international team of senior nuclear safety and radiation protection experts yesterday concluded an 11-day mission to review the regulatory framework for nuclear and...

Yukiya Amano Director General INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY Mr Chairman, I would like to begin by joining you in expressing deep sadness over the death of Mr Ok-Seok Seo. I was greatly shocked by the news. Mr Seo was a consummate professional and his tragic death is a great loss to the Department...

IAEA Leads Expert Mission to Kori 1 Nuclear Power Plant in the Republic of Korea 4 June 2012 | Busan, Republic of Korea – An expert team assembled by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has begun a mission to the Kori 1 Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Gori, Republic of Korea. The 10...

Vienna, 8 June 2012 – Senior International Atomic Energy Agency officials met an Iranian delegation in Vienna today to seek agreement on a structured approach document to resolve outstanding issues relating to Iran’s nuclear programme. The following is a statement by IAEA Deputy Director General Herman...

IAEA Completes Expert Mission to Kori 1 Nuclear Power Plant in the Republic of Korea 11 June 2012 | Busan, Republic of Korea – An international team of nuclear safety experts led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has completed a review of safety practices at the Kori 1 Nuclear...

An IAEA mission will visit Japan 29 July – 11 August to undertake research and collect data about possible effects on the performance of structures, systems and components of the Great East Japan Earthquake at the Onagawa Nuclear Power Station. IAEA staff, members of national regulators and external...

Vienna – An IAEA staff member was contaminated by a small amount of radioactive liquid at the IAEA’s Seibersdorf laboratories in eastern Austria on Thursday. There was no release of radioactivity to the outside environment, and there is no danger to the public. The Austrian authorities have been informed...

Tokyo, Japan — An IAEA team of international experts today delivered its initial report at the end of a two-week mission to gather information about the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Onagawa Nuclear Power Station (NPS), saying the plant was “remarkably undamaged”. Findings from...

Vienna – Senior International Atomic Energy Agency officials will meet an Iranian delegation in Vienna on Friday, 24 August at the premises of the Iranian Permanent Mission for further discussions on a structured approach to resolve outstanding issues relating to Iran’s nuclear programme. The IAEA team...

Vienna |The following is the text of a media statement by Herman Nackaerts, Deputy Director General for Safeguards, after talks between senior International Atomic Energy Agency officials and Iranian delegates in Vienna on 24 August: “Ladies and gentlemen, “As announced by the Director General earlier...

Address to Second Extraordinary Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety Vienna 27 August 2012   Good morning, Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am pleased to address this Second Extraordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety. This...

28 August 2012 | Vienna, Austria – IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano will meet the Governor of Fukushima prefecture, Yuhei Sato, at 15:30 Friday, 31 August in his office. Photographers and camera operators are invited to a brief photo opportunity at the start of the meeting. The two officials...

Final Summary Report – rush version with attachments, please refer to www.iaea.org for final version Mr Li Ganjie, President Mr William Borchardt, Vice-President Mr Patrick Majerus, Vice-President Vienna, 31 August 2012   A. Introduction   1. As agreed at the 5th Review Meeting of the...

6 September 2012 | Vienna, Austria – Journalists are invited to a press briefing upon the adjournment of the International Experts’ Meeting (IEM) on Protection against Extreme Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Light of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Friday...

Press Release Statement 31 August 2012 Main Conclusions of the 2nd Extraordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety Nuclear regulators and operators reaffirmed their commitment to nuclear safety at the 2nd Extraordinary Meeting of the CPs to the Convention on Nuclear...

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS’ MEETING – IEM3 “On Protection against Extreme Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Light of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant” Chairperson’s Summary- Condensed In March 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami led to the nuclear accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima...

Mr Chairman, I would like to begin by congratulating Rwanda on becoming the 155th Member State of the Agency. I will now update the Board on recent developments in nuclear safety and security, starting with implementation of the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety. One year after its adoption, significant...

56th GENERAL CONFERENCE: 17 – 21 September 2012 LIST OF SIDE EVENTS (Press and Delegates)   SPECIAL EVENTS FOR MEDIA     Date   Time   Title   Short description Press officer contact point Sponsoring MS/ other   Format   Room   17 Sept 16:45 Press Conference Mr Fereydoun ABBASI DAVANIVice-President...

Mr President, The IAEA’s founding fathers were people of great foresight. When they approved the Agency’s Statute in October 1956, the world faced very different challenges from those of today. But the Statute was framed in a way that ensures that the Agency is more relevant than ever, nearly 60 years...

18 September 2012, Vienna | The Director General of the IAEA, Yukiya Amano, met yesterday with H.E. Dr Fereydoun Abbasi, Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Head of the Atomic Energy Agency of Iran (AEOI). The current status and future of negotiations between the IAEA and Iran on...

Minsk, Belarus– The International Atomic Energy Agency today delivered the final report from an IAEA Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission to Belarus. The report concludes that Belarus has made important progress in its development of nuclear infrastructure for a nuclear power programme...

Please feel free to attribute this to Serge Gas, IAEA Director of Public Information:  “The IAEA has seen media reports that Director General Amano will visit Iran to discuss nuclear issues.  There are no such plans at this time.” ...read more