68th IAEA General Conference

There are clear synergies between the objectives of the Euratom research and training programme and the programme of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). Both programmes focus on evaluating and monitoring radiation sources, assessing the levels and effects of human exposure to natural or human-made sources; conducting environmental radiation monitoring; and developing reference measurements and materials for radiation assessment and other scientific information relevant to radiation protection.?These synergies and complementarities are further strengthened through the collaboration of both entities with research institutions and international organizations. These partners will be invited to participate in the event and share their insights on advancing collective knowledge in radiation science and protection. This event is organized by EURATOM.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 18 September 2024, from 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. in Conference Room M6, M Building, ground floor.

The management of legacy radioactive waste inventories stemming from past activities poses a significant challenge around the globe. Several countries are actively pursuing positive actions to tackle these legacies. The side event will spotlight successful national projects that demonstrate various approaches to effectively address and mitigate such historical legacies. Participants will gain valuable insights into successful strategies and initiatives, and the event will foster knowledge exchange and collaboration with the goal of advancing solutions for the management of legacy radioactive waste inventories at international scale.

This event will be held on Wednesday, 18 September 2024, from 5.00 to 6.00 p.m. in Conference Room M5, M Building, ground floor.

Countries of the African Regional Group have come together to establish a Group of Friends of Food Security in Vienna to support the efforts of Vienna-based Organizations (VBOs) and their Member States to address the challenges of food insecurity. This side-event will provide an occasion to inform the diplomatic community about the objectives and structure of the Group. Ambassadors of the first co-Chairs of the Group (Sudan and Italy) will participate in the event as well as high-level representatives from VBOs, whose policies and projects can contribute in accelerating the food security agenda. This event is organized by Sudan and Italy.?

This event will be held on Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 09.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. in Conference Room CR3, C Building, seventh floor.

The heads of regulatory bodies and other senior regulatory officials in the fields of nuclear, radiation, transport and radioactive waste safety and nuclear security will discuss regulatory challenges and share good practices. The meeting will focus on the IAEA Secretariat’s initiatives to support regulatory bodies.

This event will be held on Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. in Board Room D, C Building, fourth floor.

Visitors to the IAEA’s nuclear applications laboratories in Seibersdorf will be shown how the eight laboratories support Member States in the application of nuclear and nuclear-related techniques for development and environmental protection in areas such as food and agriculture, medical dosimetry, terrestrial environment and nuclear instrumentation.

Tour will be offered on Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. at the IAEA Seibersdorf laboratories.

Prior registration is required, as a maximum of 40 visitors can be accommodated.

To register delegates should send an email before Tuesday, 17 September 2025, 12:00 noon,?stating first and family name, affiliation, delegation and mobile phone number.

Confirmed participants should meet at the Information Desk at the entrance to the M Building at 8.50 a.m. on Thursday, 19 September. Buses will take visitors from the VIC to Seibersdorf and return four hours later.

This side event will gather Italian and international experiences in innovative use of radiation and radionuclides for medical diagnosis and treatment of cancer diseases. Experts will present promising developments in the design of irradiation targets and production routes for existing and new isotopes in nuclear therapy and diagnostics. The new development of hadron therapy for radio-resistant tumours will be also presented and discussed. The final focus will be devoted to discussing the support to the research and development of innovative nuclear application for medicine through funding and partnership among public institutions, private companies and investors. This event is organized by Italy.

This event will be held on Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. in Conference Room M5, M Building, ground floor.

The half century of scientific and technological contributions of the Chilean research reactor RECH-1 will be highlighted for the knowledge of the Conference attendees and the general public, through a presentation and a space for conversation in which other relevant actors can also be invited, such as members of the regional network of research reactors in Latin America and the Caribbean. This event is organized by Chile.

This event will be held on Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 11.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon in Conference Room M6, M Building, ground floor.

This annual meeting of African Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology (AFRA) Representatives will provide an opportunity to discuss the approval of the 2023 AFRA Annual Report and endorse the recommendations of the 35th meeting of the AFRA Technical Working Group.

This event will be held on Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. in Conference Room CR4, C Building, seventh floor.

The event will be also?accessible virtually, please note that registration is required.

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 or?in person at the IAEA Archives Tour Registration stand, located on the ground floor of the M building.

This joint side event, organized by the COP29 Presidency of Azerbaijan and the IAEA, will provide an opportunity to recall the major outcomes of the first Global Stocktake [under the Paris Agreement] calling on Parties to accelerate low-emission technologies including nuclear power as part of the UAE Consensus and build on political momentum established at COP28 and the First Nuclear Energy Summit. The event will showcase the ambitious vision and plans of the COP29 Presidency of Azerbaijan and the commitment of the IAEA to partner with the Presidency and other stakeholders to maintain and build momentum towards inclusive and ambitious outcomes at COP29. This event is jointly organized by Azerbaijan and the IAEA.

This event will be held on Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 1.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. in Conference Room CR1, C Building, second floor.

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, 17, Wednesday, 18 and Thursday, 19 September from 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. The planned duration of each tour is one hour.

Advance registration is required 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.

The international community has called for the return of illegally seized nuclear facilities to Ukraine. Recognizing the unprecedented nuclear safety and security challenges involved in such a transition, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy included radiation and nuclear safety as an element of his Peace Formula, and Czechia, France, Japan and Sweden have taken the lead in this regard. A meeting in Prague considered the key challenges facing Ukraine as it resumes responsibility for Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and other facilities. This joint event will take stock of these efforts and the support provided to Ukraine in the field of nuclear safety and security. This event is organized by Sweden.

This event will be held on Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. in Conference Room CR3, C Building, seventh floor.

Visitors to the IAEA’s Hydrology Laboratory in the VIC will be shown the laboratory facilities that support Member States in the application of nuclear and nuclear-related techniques for the isotopic analysis of water samples.? This tour will include the tritium and noble gas facilities for age dating groundwaters and the laser lab where stable isotope of oxygen and hydrogen are analysed to provide data about the hydrological cycle.

This tour will be offered on Wednesday, 18 September 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Prior registration is required, as a maximum of 12 visitors can be accommodated.

To register delegates should send an?email?by noon on the day of the tour, Please provide?your first and family names, affiliation, delegation and mobile phone number.

Confirmed participants should meet at the Information Desk at the entrance to the M Building at 1.50 p.m. on Wednesday, 18 September.

This event will involve a visit to the Nuclear Security Training and Demonstration Centre at the IAEA Seibersdorf laboratories on Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Advance registration is required 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 1.45 p.m.

The issue of capacity building for the successful development of national nuclear programs is of growing importance for global nuclear industry leaders. To effectively meet the pledge of tripling nuclear energy, the nuclear sector should adapt its approaches to capacity-building and ensure the resilience of the nuclear talent pipeline.?Universities today are independent stakeholders, solving both industry challenges in terms of creating new products and technologies, and providing a platform for the development of international cooperation. New formats of cross-university cooperation and interaction with industry partners make it possible to not only ensure the transfer of the educational process to the territory of partner countries, but also contribute to the sharing knowledge of new technologies through educational programs and networking. Practical training of students plays a key role in this process.

How does cooperation between universities and industrial partners contribute to the development of practice-oriented learning? What are lessons learned so far? Кey nuclear industry stakeholders will present their approaches to capacity-building for nuclear infrastructure and share practice-oriented cases and best solutions based on their first-hand experience. This event is organized by the Russian Federation.

This event will be held on Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 2.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.

The event will be also?accessible virtually.?

The side event aims at discussing the maturity of LFR technology, the perspective for an industrial deployment even as advanced SMR, its expected contribution to the transition to more sustainable energy systems and its potential role in closing the fuel cycle targeting the decarbonization of the energy mix. The panelists will discuss the rationale and motivation for such an innovative reactor technology and will explain how LFR can play a role as game changer in the nuclear field. This event is organized by Italy.

This event will be held on?Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 2.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. in Conference Room CR4, C Building, seventh floor.

This event involves a laboratory tour.?The tour will showcase the Radiation Safety Technical Services Laboratory, which provides annual monitoring services for external and internal radiation exposure for 3000 occupationally exposed workers. These services are critical to IAEA activities globally. Support services also include training, consultation and the loan of survey equipment.

Tours will be offered on Tuesday, 17, Wednesday, 18 and Thursday 19 September 2024. from 2.30 p.m. to 3.45 p.m.

Advance registration is required 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 M building, from where participants will be picked up on the respective day at 2.20 p.m.

Innovation is essential for the world to meet the commitment undertaken at the 2022 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change (COP27) of tripling nuclear energy capacity and achieving net zero by 2025. A combination of new technologies, innovations to existing technologies and innovative practices will be required to meet these aspirations. The implementation of novel techniques in a safe and timely manner poses a significant challenge to the nuclear industry, both in the United Kingdom (UK) and elsewhere.?This event will explore how nuclear regulators around the world can become innovative regulators, emphasizing the importance of embracing an open approach to innovation as well as a dynamic interplay between innovation and regulatory frameworks. This event is organized by the United Kingdom.

This event will be held on Thursday, 19 September 2024, from 3.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. in Conference Room M7, M Building, ground floor.