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The ICTP in Trieste, Italy

UN agency trains developing nations on nuclear facility management

3 September 2008
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today kicked off a programme in Trieste, Italy, to train young professionals from developing countries on all aspects of managing knowledge pertaining to nuclear facilities.
IAEA's Seibersdorf laboratories

Tests confirm no radioactivity release from incident at UN laboratory

29 August 2008
Independent experts have confirmed the initial findings of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that there was no release of radioactive material to the environment after an incident at one of its laboratories earlier this month.

UN nuclear agency seeks ways to boost nutrition among world’s poor

15 August 2008
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been exploring avenues to tackle the issue of nutritional deficiencies in the world’s poor.

Plutonium contamination contained inside UN atomic agency’s laboratory

4 August 2008
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that no plutonium has been released into the environment following a weekend incident in one of its laboratories.
IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei

UN nuclear watchdog approves India safeguards agreement

1 August 2008
The United Nations atomic watchdog today approved an agreement to extend nuclear safeguards over India’s civilian nuclear reactors.

UN team begins work to verify Syrian nuclear reactor claim

23 June 2008
A team from the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency has arrived in Syria to probe allegations that an installation destroyed by Israel last September was a nuclear reactor.
IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei

UN nuclear watchdog chief dispatches team to Syria

2 June 2008
The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog announced today that he is sending a team to visit Syria this month after expressing regret that his agency had not received information sooner alleging that a Syrian installation destroyed by Israel last year was a nuclear reactor.
IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei

UN nuclear agency to probe claim on Syrian installation bombed by Israel

25 April 2008
The United Nations atomic watchdog pledged today to conduct an investigation after receiving information from the United States alleging that a Syrian installation destroyed by Israel last year contained a nuclear reactor.
Hangar used to store materials in previous decades

UN-backed effort to remove dangerous nuclear fuel from Serbia moves ahead

15 April 2008
A global effort to remove dangerous spent fuel and decommission a Soviet-designed nuclear reactor in Serbia has cleared another major funding hurdle as part of a United Nations-backed initiative to close down potential sources of terrorism and proliferation.
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan

Earthquake caused ‘no significant damage’ to Japanese nuclear plant – IAEA

1 February 2008
The impact of an earthquake last year on the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan caused no major harm to safety equipment, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.