Reducing Unnecessary Exposure to Radiation in Medicine
The use of ionizing radiation is one of the greatest medical discoveries of the last 120 years. Its use has vastly improved our understanding of the body's processes and functions and our ability to diagnose and to cure diseases.
Doctors use, for example, computed tomography (CT) scans, X-rays and positron emission tomography (PET) scans to help diagnose illnesses as diverse as heart disease and breast cancer. Ionizing radiation is also used to help cure many types of cancers and real-time X-ray imaging help doctors perform minimally invasive surgeries.
Radioactive Waste: Meeting the Challenge - Science and Technology for Safe and Sustainable Solutions - Statement to 2014 Scientific Forum
Director General Yukiya Amano opened the Scientific Forum, stating that to ensure that radioactive waste poses no risk to people or the environment, now and in the future, all countries using nuclear ...
Radioactive Waste - The Journey to Disposal
Nuclear technologies benefit people everywhere. Radioactive sources are used to sterilize food and medical instruments, to develop improved crops and to diagnose and treat patients. Research reactors ...
Director General Addresses 2014 General Conference
"The impact of our work in the daily lives of millions of people around the world is extraordinary," said IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano in his speech to hundreds of delegates during the opening session of the 58th annual IAEA General Conference on 22 September 2014.
58th IAEA General Conference Convenes in Vienna
The annual IAEA General Conference welcomes delegates and governmental representatives attending the week-long event that commences on Monday, 22 September 2014 at the Agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria.