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The IAEA Board of Governors will convene a meeting at the Agency’s headquarters starting at 10:30 CET on Monday, 7 September 2015, in Boardroom C of the C-Building, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). The Board of Governors meeting is closed to the press. Director General Yukiya Amano will open the meeting with an introductory statement ...read more

The IAEA Director General’s Report on the Fukushima Daiichi Accident , along with five technical volumes on this topic by international experts, have just been publicly released. This publication comes ahead of the Agency’s General Conference in September. The report assesses the causes and consequences of the 11 March 2011 accident at the Fukushima ...read more

Nairobi, Kenya —An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded an 8-day mission to review infrastructure development for a nuclear power programme in Kenya. The Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) was carried at the invitation of the Kenyan Government. The INIR team, in its final meeting with the Government ...read more

25 August 2015 Madam Chairperson, I requested that this meeting of the Board of Governors be convened to consider the implications for the Agency of UN Security Council resolution 2231. My report on Verification and Monitoring in the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 outlines the Council’s request ...read more

The IAEA Board of Governors will convene a meeting at the Agency’s headquarters starting at 10:00 CET on Tuesday, 25 August 2015, in Boardroom A of the M-Building in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). The Board of Governors meeting is closed to the press. Director General Yukiya Amano will open the meeting with an introductory statement ...read more

Iran today provided the IAEA with its explanation in writing and related documents as agreed in the Road-map for the clarification of past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear programme , concluded between the IAEA and the Islamic Republic of Iran on 14 July 2015. Press contacts Press Office Office of Public Information ...read more

Jakarta, Indonesia An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts today concluded a 12-day mission to review Indonesia’s regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety. The Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) team concluded that Indonesia, through its Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN), is implementing a framework ...read more

Washington “Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen. I am pleased I had this opportunity to talk with members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations about the IAEA’s important role in monitoring and verifying nuclear-related measures under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. We also discussed the separate Road-map to resolve past issues ...read more

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano will travel to Washington next week to meet members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr Amano welcomed an invitation letter he received from the Senators early on 31 July, and will meet with them on 5 August to discuss the IAEA’s role in verifying and monitoring nuclear-related measures under the ...read more

Vienna, Austria (as prepared for delivery) Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. Two important agreements regarding Iran’s nuclear programme have been concluded today. I am very pleased that a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has been reached between Iran and the E3+3 group of countries. This paves the way for the peaceful resolution of a controversy ...read more

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano will give a news conference today on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s work following an agreement signed today by Iran and the IAEA on a Road-map for the Clarification of Past and Present Outstanding Issues regarding Iran’s Nuclear Programme  and a separate  agreement between Iran and the E3+3 group of ...read more

“I have just signed the Road-map between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the IAEA for the clarification of past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear programme. “The text has been signed on behalf of Iran by the country’s Vice-President, and President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mr Ali Akbar Salehi. “This is ...read more

1. On 14 July 2015, the Director General Yukiya Amano and the Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi signed in Vienna a “Road-map for the clarification of past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program”. The IAEA and Iran agreed, in continuation ...read more

An international team of nuclear safety experts led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today completed an assessment of operational safety at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in Japan. The Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) noted a series of good practices and made recommendations to reinforce some safety measures during ...read more

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, As you know, the IAEA has intensified engagement with P5+1 and Iran in order to make the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action technically sound. On July 2 I went to Tehran and met with President Rouhani and Admiral Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, in order to accelerate the resolution ...read more

I travelled to Tehran on Thursday for meetings with President Hassan Rouhani and the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani. It follows meetings in Vienna with Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Iranian officials. The purpose of the visit was to advance work towards the resolution of all outstanding issues regarding Iran’s ...read more

Abuja, Nigeria – An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded a two-week mission to review infrastructure development for a new nuclear power programme in Nigeria. The Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) was carried at the invitation of the Nigerian Government. The INIR team, in its closing meeting on ...read more

23 June 2015 Abuja, Nigeria – An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts today concluded a 10-day mission to review the emergency preparedness and response framework in Nigeria. The Emergency Preparedness Review (EPREV) was carried out at the invitation of the Nigerian Government. The team included five experts from Cuba ...read more

Zagreb, Croatia An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of senior regulators today concluded a 10-day mission to review Croatia’s regulatory framework for radiation safety. The Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) team made recommendations and suggestions to the Government and the State Office for Radiological and Nuclear Safety ...read more

Helsinki, Finland An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of senior regulators today concluded an eight-day mission to review the regulatory framework for radiation and nuclear safety in Finland. The team reviewed progress in addressing the findings from an Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission conducted in 2012. The IRRS ...read more

Vienna, Austria Safety upgrades introduced at nuclear power plants since the Fukushima Daiichi accident will be the focus of an International Conference on Operational Safety , 23-26 June, at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. More than 200 experts from around the world including senior policymakers, academics ...read more

Director General Amano’s Remarks at International Conference on Management of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors:  An Integrated Approach to the Back End of the Fuel Cycle(As prepared for delivery) Vienna, Austria, 16 June 2015 Thank you, Madam President. Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am pleased to welcome you to this International ...read more

Yerevan, Armenia – An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of safety experts today concluded a 13-day mission to review the regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety in the Republic of Armenia. The Integrated Regulatory Review Service team (IRRS) team found that Armenia has an experienced and dedicated regulatory body for the ...read more

Experts from around the world will take part in an International Conference on Management of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors—An Integrated Approach to the Back-End of the Fuel Cycle , 15-19 June, at the Vienna headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The conference will bring together almost 250 participants from 41 countries ...read more

Accra, Ghana – An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts concluded a 10-day mission to review the emergency preparedness and response arrangements in the Republic of Ghana. The Emergency Preparedness Review (EPREV) was carried out at the request of the Government of Ghana. Peter Zombori, an expert from Hungary, led the five ...read more