IAEA

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano delivers his introductory statement to the 1485th Board of Governors Meeting.
IAEA/Dean Calma

UN agency ramps up effort to counter growing nuclear threat from cyberspace

24 October 2018
Peace and Security

As part of its efforts to strengthen nuclear security worldwide, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced on Wednesday that it has developed a training programme designed to protect facilities from the growing threat of cyber-attacks.

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano delivers his introductory statement to the 1485th Board of Governors Meeting.
Dean Calma/IAEA

UN agency ready to play 'essential role' in verifying DPRK nuclear programme

4 June 2018
Peace and Security

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) remains ready to play “an essential role” in verifying the status of North Korea’s nuclear programme as international talks aimed at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula continue, the agency’s chief said on Monday.

The IAEA successfully tested releasing sterile mosquitos from drones as part of efforts to use a nuclear technique to supress the vectors of Zika and other diseases.
Photo: WeRobotics

Breakthrough drone-powered mosquitos: “absolutely no impact” on other species

20 April 2018
Interviews

A technological breakthrough, whereby radiation-treated mosquitos are released by drone to limit the spread of diseases such as malaria and Zika, will not have any damaging effect on other wildlife.

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