General Conference: Day 1 Highlights
Highlights from the first day of the IAEA’s 64th General Conference.
Two Countries Join Multilateral Treaties in Nuclear Safety and Security
On the sidelines of the IAEA General Conference today, Angola and C?te d’Ivoire deposited legal instruments expressing their consent to be bound by treaties strengthening nuclear safety and security worldwide.
The IAEA’s Nuclear Law Institute: a Decade of Capacity Building and Development in Nuclear Law
Around 35 pieces of legislation drafted by officials trained by the IAEA’s Nuclear Law Institute (NLI) have been adopted in the past decade in countries around the world, contributing to the safe and secure use of nuclear technology.
Modernizing and Refurbishing IAEA Laboratories for State-of-the-art Nuclear Science in Support to Countries’ Innovations and Research
A new phase of the modernization of the IAEA’s nuclear application laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria is required in order to better serve the needs of Member States, speakers said at today’s virtual side event on the margins of the 64th IAEA General Conference.
Call to Action: Strengthened Nuclear Security through the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and its Amendment
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi called for universal adherence to and full implementation of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) and its 2005 Amendment during the 64th IAEA General Conference.