The Rhisotope Project, supported by the IAEA, is safely inserting radioactive isotopes into rhino horns to deter poachers and stop smuggling by making the horns detectable at international borders.

In response, this project run by the University of the Witwatersrand is using radiation to support conservation and enforcement efforts. After two years of initial tests, the Rhisotope Project was ...

The IAEA team based at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) carried out independent measurements today to ...

The Galapagos Islands where the Oceanography and Microplastics Laboratory, supported by the IAEA, was established to monitor and analyse microplastic pollution.

The IAEA launched the publication at a side event co-organized with the Clean Energy Ministerial and the South African Department of Electricity and Energy on the margins of a key Group of Twenty (G20 ...

The International Nuclear Security Advisory Service (INSServ) mission was conducted at the request of the Republic of Zambia and took place from 14 to 23 July 2025. Hosted by the Radiation Protection ...

The IAEA hosted the world’s first major gathering of communities with nuclear facilities, with scores of mayors and other local representatives from around the globe, including indigenous peoples, ...

Further to the IAEA’s COVID-19 response, the Zoonotic Disease Integrated Action (ZODIAC) initiative was established in June 2020 to help countries prevent pandemics caused by bacteria, parasites, ...

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi visited Singapore last week to reaffirm support to the country and the wider region, as interest grows in Southeast Asia for nuclear power and technology.

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In 2024, the IAEA applied safeguards for 190 States with safeguards agreements in force, according to the Safeguards Statement and Background for 2024, published recently. This involved performing ...

The technical cooperation programme is the Agency’s primary mechanism for transferring nuclear technology to Member States, helping them to address key development priorities in areas such as health ...