57th Annual Session of IAEA General Conference Concludes
The 57th annual session of the IAEA General Conference concluded today in Vienna. More than 3?000 delegates from 159 IAEA Member States, international organizations, NGO's and the media attended the event held at the Austria Center, Vienna from 16-20 September 2013.
IAEA Supports Member States in Fight Against Cancer
Every hour, 665 people die of cancer in low and middle income countries. A full third of these cases could have been prevented and a third could have been cured. These startling facts were presented at a side event to the IAEA General Conference on Thursday, 19 September 2013 by the IAEA Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT).
Iraq Decommissioning Project
On 18 September 2013, the IAEA and the Government of Iraq jointly hosted a Forum on the Iraq Decommissioning Project on the sidelines of the 57th IAEA General Conference.
Getting Uranium Producers on the Same Page
Soon there will be one system for the evaluation and reporting of uranium resources. Or at least that's the plan.
This year at the IAEA's 57th Annual General Conference in Vienna, Austria, the UN unveiled a new system for classifying, estimating and reporting how much uranium is available within a particular location. This system also applies to the evaluation of oil, gas, coal and thorium reserves.
One Ocean Under Threat
"We say oceans, but it is in fact one ocean, interconnected.