IAEA

'Jury is still out' on Iran's nuclear activities - IAEA chief

The United Nations agency entrusted with preventing the spread of nuclear weapons has accounted for all declared nuclear material in Iran, but still has a lot of work to do with regard to possible undeclared material or activity, the agency's chief said today.

Curbing potential spread of weapons-grade uranium could take 10 years – IAEA

It will take the better part of a decade for all the world’s civil nuclear research reactors to be converted to run on fuel that poses a lower risk of proliferation of weapons-grade high-enriched uranium (HEU), the United Nations atomic watchdog agency reports in its latest update on the issue.

Experts at UN meeting endorse harmonizing nuclear power plant safety standards

Experts have recommended that countries harmonize global safety standards for everything from the design to the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, the United Nations atomic watchdog said today.