IAEA

In bid to prevent nuclear terrorism, UN agency tracks illicit trafficking

23 September 2004
Stepping up its efforts to prevent nuclear and radiological terrorism, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency says that as of today close to 60 new potentially illicit trafficking incidents have been reported just since the beginning of the year.

UN nuclear watchdog calls on Iran to suspend all uranium-enrichment activities

20 September 2004
The United Nations atomic watchdog agency has called on Iran to suspend all activities related to uranium enrichment, a potential step to producing nuclear weapons, and will decide in November whether further steps are required regarding the country's obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

UN atomic agency seeks to tackle shortage in new generation of nuclear workers

9 September 2004
Seeking to ensure the safe and economic use of nuclear science and technology, the United Nations atomic agency has brought together more than 200 experts, scientists and officials from over 40 countries this week to tackle such issues as the lag in the rise of a new generation to replace the current ageing nuclear workforce.

Iran and Libya figure high on agenda of upcoming UN atomic agency meeting

2 September 2004
The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency will have a full agenda when its Board of Governors begins a three-day meeting in Vienna on 13 September with issues ranging from forestalling nuclear terrorism to the latest status of the verification of atomic programmes in Iran and Libya.

UN nuclear watchdog in touch with Japan over power plant accident

9 August 2004
The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency is in contact with Japanese authorities over an accident in the steam generator turbine circuit of the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant some 320 kilometres west of Tokyo.

Iran must be transparent in declaring nuclear activities, UN watchdog chief says

14 June 2004
Iran must be “proactive and fully transparent” in declaring its nuclear activities, and should do so within the next few months to allay suspicions about its programme, the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency said today.
Mohamed ElBaradei (R) with Spencer Abraham

UN nuclear chief urges new rules to fight spread of weapons of mass destruction

19 March 2004
Declaring that nuclear proliferation is now “a different ball game” in which “either we all will win or everybody would lose," the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency has called for international cooperation to devise new rules to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Dr. ElBaradei

UN nuclear watchdog chief to visit Libya again to verify non-proliferation

17 February 2004
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency will visit Libya at the beginning of next week to review progress in verifying that all of the North African country's nuclear activities are placed under safeguards and designed exclusively for peaceful purposes.
Dr. ElBaradei

UN nuclear watchdog calls for tougher non-proliferation regime

12 February 2004
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency today called for the urgent strengthening of the world's non-proliferation regime to ensure that nuclear materials and even weapons are not acquired by terrorists.

UN nuclear watchdog calls for stronger security to fight proliferation

3 February 2004
The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency today reiterated its call for a “vital” upgrading of security to prevent nuclear technology from falling into the wrong hands through an emerging global network of sophisticated black marketeering in weapons technology.