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3 November 2021
Waste Management Key for Low Carbon Energy Future, IAEA Director General Says During Visit to UK's Main Decommissioning Site
Well-planned decommissioning of nuclear facilities and effective waste management are necessary for the sustainability of nuclear energy, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today at the Sellafield site, home to the world’s first commercial reactor and now the centre of the United Kingdom’s decommissioning efforts. Read more →
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3 November 2021
Meet the Winners of the IAEA's Nuclear Safety Essay Competition
Six students and early career professionals, below the age of 30, have been selected as the winners of the IAEA’s nuclear safety essay contest and will participate in the Special Panel – Youth and the Nuclear Industry on 10 November 2021, during the IAEA’s International Conference on a Decade of Progress after Fukushima-Daiichi: Building on the Lessons Learned to Further Strengthen Nuclear Safety. Read more →
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2 November 2021
Climate Change's Effects on Mountain Regions: Insights from FAO/IAEA Scientific Expeditions to the Andes
Since the 1950s, almost all of the world’s glaciers have been retreating, according to the latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This is unprecedented in at least the last 2 000 years, scientists say, and is very likely caused by human activities contributing to climate change. Read more →
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2 November 2021
COP26: 8 Ways Nuclear Science is Driving Climate Action
From tracking water using isotope hydrology, to understanding oceans thanks to radiotracers, nuclear science and technology is playing a big part in tackling climate change. Read more →
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1 November 2021
IAEA Arrives at COP26
The annual COP brings together countries to negotiate and accelerate action towards the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement – an agreement adopted by 196 countries aiming to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, preferably to 1.5 degree Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. Read more →
Latest info on COVID-19 from Austrian and Viennese authorities
Update as of 30 June: Vienna-based IAEA staff are working from the VIC as of 1 July. For more, click here.
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1 – 5 Nov 2021
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management: Solutions for a Sustainable Future
13 – 17 Dec 2021
Vienna, Austria
International Conference on the Safe and Secure Transport of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials
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