Small and medium-sized or modular reactors are an option to fulfil the need for flexible power generation for a wider range of users and applications. Small modular reactors, deployable either as ...

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 ...

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 ...

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi’s remarks on the 40th anniversary of the accident at Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

In his opening statement to the IAEAs Board of Governors today, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said Iran’s nuclear programme remained at the centre of IAEA efforts. Mr Grossi said he had been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This infographic compares nuclear energy to other sources of energy in terms of safety and explains the mechanisms in place to make nuclear energy safe.

Zirconium, the metal extracted from the mineral, zircon, may not be well-known, but its remarkable properties make it indispensable in nuclear power, the chemical industry, medicine and more. Since ...