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From energy to medicine, UN forum discusses innovative uses of nuclear physics

From meeting burgeoning energy needs through innovative technologies to boosting cancer treatment in developing countries, nuclear physics and the United Nations atomic energy agency have a key role to play on the road to sustainable development, an international scientific forum was told today.

UN atomic agency hears wide-ranging review of nuclear dangers and benefits

From the dangers of terrorism and proliferation to the benefits of enhanced energy, health care and food production, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency today opened its annual General Conference with a wide-ranging review of the full spectrum of the nuclear field.

Iran pledges cooperation with IAEA, private and public sector players on nuclear issue

In a much-anticipated speech, the President of Iran today pledged before the United Nations General Assembly that Tehran would open its uranium enrichment programme to cooperation with private and public sector players, eschew the production of nuclear arms, engage the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and continue talks with concerned countries on the issue.