69th IAEA General Conference

This event will celebrate and highlight BMWG’s twenty years of agile and responsive collaboration that has both extended the impact of increasingly constrained resources and brought consistency to approaches, equipment, training, and services. Presentations will feature testimonies from donors, implementers, and recipients spotlighting efficiencies in planning, executing, and evaluating capacity building activities achieved through BMWG coordination. This coordination has evolved to counter the dynamic nuclear smuggling threat, moving from border controls to interior law enforcement operations providing a defense-in-depth approach. The BMWG will also share its vision for combating illicit trafficking in the next twenty years. This event is organized by Euratom.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 9.00 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. in Conference Room M6, M Building, ground floor.

Materials used in nuclear reactors face many challenges due to elevated temperature operation, high neutron flux induced transmutations and radiation damage. During the course of the transition from Gen III to Gen IV or fission technologies, the advanced materials and manufacturing technologies will develop cross-cutting technologies in support of current fleet and next-generation advanced nuclear reactor. China will showcase the comprehensive framework conducting design, manufacturing, evaluation and application of materials under national collaborative mechanism. Also, China will unleash the power of artificial intelligence in materials design to accelerate the deployment of advanced materials and manufacturing technologies that have cross-reactor impacts. This event is organized by China.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. in Conference Room CR1, C Building, seventh floor.

There is international consensus that geological repositories can provide the long-term safety and security necessary to isolate long-lived radioactive waste from the human environment over extended timescales. Significant progress has been made in this field in recent years, although many challenges remain. During this event, senior representatives from the regulatory bodies of six countries at the forefront of deep geological repository (DGR) development will provide updates on their national progress. This will be followed by a panel debate, focusing on the role of regulatory bodies. This event is organized by Canada, Finland, France, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA. This event is organized by Sweden.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 09.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. in Conference Room CR3, C Building, seventh floor.

From providing safe, reliable power to millions of Canadians to producing life-saving isotopes for cancer patients, Canada’s nuclear sector is driving innovation in nuclear technologies. By retrofitting Canadian reactors for isotope production, investing in next-generation technologies, and fostering collaboration, Canada has become a global isotope leader.

This session will highlight Canadian technology breakthroughs and explore how a coordinated Team Canada approach is uniting world-class infrastructure, scientific and clinical expertise, government and industry to advance isotope innovation. Featuring experts from across Canada, this session will demonstrate how Canada is advancing innovation from production to patient delivery and transforming global cancer care. This event is organized by Canada.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 09.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. in Conference Room M7, M Building, ground floor.

This event will provide a forum for IAEA Member States to discuss challenges related to the development of a sustainable radiation and nuclear safety infrastructure in line with the IAEA safety standards and international good practices. At the event, the Secretariat will provide updates of the efforts to establish and enhance cooperation with other forums and networks. ???

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon in Conference Room CR4, C Building, seventh floor.

This event will cover ionizing radiation used in early detection of medical issues such as mammography or lung cancer that is strictly regulated in Germany. The legal authorizations for these screening tests rely on risk-benefit assessments and scientific evaluations by Germany's Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). It will also cover how authorized tests are regularly reviewed and re-evaluated as needed. This event is organized by Germany.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon in Conference Room M5, M Building, ground floor.

This side event presents the development and partnership building around the European Nuclear Fuel Performance Code TRANSURANUS, which has become one of the most widespread and applied fuel performance codes worldwide. It is a key instrument for thermal, mechanical and neutron-physical analysis of a fuel rod in nuclear reactors and represents a European success story developed on the basis of scientific excellence and an enhanced partnership with key European and global stakeholders. Over more than 30 years it proved to be highly agile and responsive to emerging challenges as evidenced by recent applications to emerging SMR designs. This event is organized by Euratom.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. in Conference Room M4, M Building, ground floor.

The side event will share Kazakhstan's experience in the development of accelerator and radiation technologies: enhancing efficiency and expanding opportunities in science, medicine, and industry.?The event will also share and exchange experiences in creating modern medical, industrial and scientific centres based on accelerator technology.

Kazakhstan’s Institute of Nuclear Physics, with the support of the IAEA, is developing the production of radiopharmaceuticals and industrial sources of ionizing radiation based on cyclotrons, expanding the use of radiation technologies in industry and the environment based on electron accelerators, and supporting fundamental and applied research based on heavy ion accelerators. This event is organized by Kazakhstan.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 11.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon in Conference Room M7, M Building, ground floor.

At this event, a presentation will highlight the importance of supporting Member States in establishing effective radiological monitoring networks that require a systematic and adaptive approach aligned with IAEA guidance.? A comprehensive framework for implementation — from initial planning to system deployment and operation of monitoring system as well as. key considerations for aligning with international safety standards and integration with national regulatory frameworks will be addressed. The presentation will also explore how Environmental Radiation Monitoring Systems (ERMS) can contribute to these efforts. The aim is to support Member States in enhancing radiological preparedness, response capabilities, and public and environmental protection. This event is organized by France.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 11.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon in Conference Room M6, M Building, ground floor.

The purpose of this event is to present the status of the New Safe Confinement of the Shelter Object at Chornobyl NPP, nuclear and radiation safety, temporary and long-term measures taken by the operator and regulator to restore the NSC's operation, develop measures to restore the operational properties of the NSC, efforts of the international community and the IAEA. The event is organized by Ukraine.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 11.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. in Conference Room CR-3, C Building, seventh floor. ?

The National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan has being successfully implemented the Project on the Conversion of the research reactors and utilization of highly enriched uranium in Kazakhstan. As part of this initiative, under the cooperation with the US organizations, the National Nuclear Center completed construction of SILO storage in November 2024 at its IVG.1M reactor site. The SILO storage is intended to place their spent highly enriched nuclear fuel of the IVG.1M reactor for long and safe storing after its conversion to low-enriched uranium fuel. The new SILO storage meets all the requirements and safety standards. This event is organized by Kazakhstan.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m. in Conference Room M4, M Building, ground floor.

To advance our mutual goal of global security, the U.S. and Japan collaborated over the past decade to minimize the use of weapons-usable nuclear material in research reactors and medical isotope production. A facilitated panel featuring U.S. and Japan stakeholders will discuss:

1. Past Successes

• Overview of U.S.-Japan commitments
• Reactor conversions and highly enriched uranium (HEU) removals in Japan

2. Ongoing Achievements

• Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA) Conversion
• Japan Materials Testing Reactor Critical Assembly (JMTRC) Removal

3. Future Activities

• Best practices and lessons learned
• Conversion and HEU removal of Japan’s Kindai University’s Research Reactor.

This event is organized by the United States of America.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 12.00 noon to 1.30 p.m. in Conference Room CR5, C Building, seventh floor.

Cultural heritage objects can be found across the world, far from their place of origin. Their journey reflects the migration of people, trade routes, cultural exchange or looting and is an important part of the object’s biography. When historical sources are not present or incomplete, or cultural knowledge lost, the material characterization of the object has an advantage. This session will present several success stories like re-creating ancient archaeological textiles and understanding ancient pigment exchange that demonstrate where nuclear techniques have become indispensable tools for heritage science. This event is organized within the Atoms for Heritage initiative. This event is organized by the Netherlands.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 12.30 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. in Conference Room M7, M Building, ground floor.

At this event, the presentation will highlight how the analysis of selected IAEA documents demonstrated that a significant part of these documents are technology neutral. The event will draw attention to the HARMONISE project which provided suggested amendments to documents that were studied.

Areas such as risk insight usage and performance-based requirement application for licensing advanced nuclear installations were undertaken and efforts were made to identify how innovations impact the applicability of current safety frameworks to the LFR ALFRED – the Advanced Lead fuel reactor European Demonstrator – used to test safety measures for advanced technologies such as small modular reactors. This event is organized by Lithuania.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. in Conference Room M6, M Building, ground floor.

Tritium monitoring in water resources near critical infrastructure, can verify compliance with safety regulations and assess potential radiological impacts on the public. Crucially, these measurements also provide valuable information about the integrity of water sources, including their age, primary source, the effectiveness of natural barriers protecting groundwater, and their susceptibility to recent surface contamination. The proposed side event is set to delve into these applications, presenting relevant case studies. It will also provide an up-to-date overview of tritium monitoring efforts specifically in the waters surrounding Fukushima, offering valuable context and lessons learned from that region. This event is organized by Italy.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. in Conference Room M5, M Building, ground floor.

The IAEA Archives are a pillar of the IAEA’s institutional memory, spanning over 70 years and comprising over 10 000 shelf metres of hard-copy records and 10 terabytes of data. These walking tours are an opportunity to look behind the scenes to:

• Experience the size and composition of the IAEA Archives;
• Interact with some of the treasures in our holdings and be inspired by the Agency’s history;
• View the Reading Room and an archival repository, and learn about challenges in preservation and access management; and
• Hear how the Department of Management oversees the IAEA Archives.

Tours run from 1.00 to 2.00 p.m. daily. For those wishing to attend the tour, registration can be completed online here (once available) or in person at the exhibition on the IAEA online archives catalogue, located on the ground floor of the M building.

The Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) is the global focal point for international preparedness for and response to nuclear or radiological emergencies. The tour will provide participants with an overview of the IEC’s response roles and emergency preparedness and response tools.

Tours will be offered on Tuesday 16, Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 September from 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. The planned duration of each tour is one hour.

Advance registration is encouraged by sending an email, stating first and family name, affiliation, delegation, email and telephone number. The assembly point is the Information Desk at the entrance to the M building from where participants will be picked up on the respective day at 12.50 p.m.

Panelists will explore how SESAME’s synchrotron facility serves as a catalyst for human capacity building and socioeconomic development across the Middle East. By combining strategic vision, operational excellence, and regional cooperation, the session will highlight concrete pathways to translate photon science into benefits for education, healthcare, agriculture, industry, and preservation of cultural heritage. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how shared advanced scientific infrastructure can drive sustainable growth, innovation and strengthen regional ties.

Attendees will be invited to engage in a dynamic Q&A, forging ideas for scalable models of science diplomacy and capacity building that can be adopted across the Middle East and other regions of the world.). This event is organized by Jordan.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. in Conference Room CR3, C Building, seventh floor.

During this tour, visitors can learn about the safeguards equipment used by IAEA safeguards inspectors, from the preparation of equipment to be taken into the field, to the shipment of the equipment and its return to IAEA Headquarters.

Prior registration for all tours is required in advance. To register for the Safeguards Equipment Insight, contact this?email, stating first and family name, affiliation, delegation, and telephone number.

The assembly point is the Information Desk at the entrance to the M building from where participants will be picked up on Wednesday, 17 September at 1.30 p.m.

This side event will showcase the pioneering process to evaluate the impact of the ARCAL Programme for the period 2016–2021. Using a customized SEPO methodology (Successes, Failures, Potentials, and Obstacles), the evaluation generated actionable evidence across four thematic areas: Energy, Human Health, Environment, and Food & Agriculture. The event will share key findings, lessons learned and regional success stories, and aims to promote the institutionalization of impact evaluation as a core element of effective and sustainable technical cooperation. This event is co-organized by Brazil.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 2.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. in Conference Room CR1, C Building, second floor.