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19 August 2025
Madagascar Shows Commitment to Improving Cancer Care, with Focus on Women’s Health
An international review has found that Madagascar has laid strong foundations for cancer control, expanding cervical cancer services, maintaining a health workforce and ensuring collaboration between health and radiation safety authorities. Read more →
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18 August 2025
Recycling Radioactive Sources for Cancer Care: IAEA Initiative Continues to Deliver
An IAEA project to transfer disused radium sources for use in cancer treatment has now conducted nearly a dozen international transfers. Read more →
News Story
15 August 2025
Career Development Initiative for Women in Nuclear Concludes for 2025
Women working in the nuclear field visited Canada last week as part of an IAEA initiative to boost their career development. During the third and final visit of the 2025 IAEA Lise Meitner Programme, participants took part in a two-week training focused on research reactors. Read more →
News Story
15 August 2025
Deadline Extended Call for Papers: Conference on Transport of Nuclear and Radioactive Material
Interested contributors have until 30 September 2025 to submit synopses for the IAEA’s International Conference on the Safe and Secure Transport of Nuclear and Radioactive Material. Read more →
Press Release
13 August 2025
Update 309 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The IAEA team at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) yesterday observed smoke while in the plant’s administrative building where its office is located, following reports of fire near the cooling towers, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Read more →
News Story
13 August 2025
DEADLINE EXTENDED: IAEA Youth Infographic Contest on Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response
The IAEA has launched an infographic design contest for young professionals aged 18 to 35 to raise awareness about emergency preparedness and response in nuclear and radiological contexts. Read more →
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21 – 23 Oct 2025
Houston, TX, United States of America
2025 NORM Global Conference (organized in cooperation with the IAEA)
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Ocean Acidification: How Nuclear Techniques Could Provide Solutions
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