IAEA

A view of the Rossing uranium mine in Namibia

Nuclear power ‘renaissance’ spurs greater investment in uranium exploration – UN

16 January 2009
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says an increasing number of countries are investing more in uranium exploration in the wake of growing demand from a nuclear power “renaissance” and the resulting surge in nuclear fuel prices.
US Ambassador Gregory Schulte (left) and IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei

Nuclear monitoring pact between UN watchdog and US enters into force

8 January 2009
An Additional Protocol to the nuclear safeguards agreement between the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United States that boosts access to nuclear information and sites has now entered into force, making the US the last of the five nuclear-weapon States party to a key global non-proliferation pact to fulfil this obligation.