International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Skip to navigation
Skip to content
Skip to secondary content
Skip to sidebar

News & Updates Serving Humanity The IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf have lived up to the vision.

News & Updates Half a Century of Science for Development For over fifty years, the IAEA nuclear applications laboratories have been helping countries gain access to nuclear technologies for development.

News & Updates Beginnings of First IAEA Laboratory Back in 1958, the first IAEA laboratory was in a renovated basement kitchen in downtown Vienna.

News & Updates Eight Laboratories, Eight Stories of Success in Development For over half a century, the IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf have helped many countries in using and adapting nuclear technologies to promote development.

News & Updates Five Decades of Achievement, Future Challenges in Focus at Ceremony Marking IAEA Labs Anniversary The IAEA's laboratories in Seibersdorf have improved the lives of millions of people.

News & Updates 50th Anniversary of IAEA Nuclear Sciences and Applications Laboratories in Seibersdorf Commemorating 50 years of dedicated support to Member States.

News & Updates IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications Contributing in many ways to the health, development and security in countries worldwide.

Top Story | 19 December 2012
Fourteen Universities Worldwide Now Offer Nuclear Knowledge Management Courses

The IAEA and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have completed training of fourteen university teachers from thirteen Member States on implementing standardized curricula for nuclear knowledge management (NKM) in their universities. Read more →
Top Story | 17 December 2012
Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety Closes With Eye To Future

The Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety closed today with calls for continuous improvement and vigilance to further strengthen nuclear safety worldwide. Read more →
Press Release | 15 December 2012
IAEA, Fukushima Prefecture Sign Cooperation Memorandum

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and the Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, Yuhei Sato, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation confirming their willingness to implement concrete projects to help alleviate the consequences of the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Read more →
Press Release | 15 December 2012
Fukushima Ministerial Conference Urges Continued Work to Strengthen Nuclear Safety

Strengthening nuclear safety is a continuous process that leaves no room for complacency, the Co-Presidents of the Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety said in a statement today. Read more →
Top Story | 15 December 2012
IAEA Director General Addresses Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano addressed the Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety, held from 15 to 17 December 2012 in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Read more →

More News →

Topics in Focus
IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative

Resources and other relevant information on the IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative (PUI). Go to Coverage →
Topics in Focus
Radioactive Waste Management

The Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, together with the IAEA international Safety Standards are helping provide a framework for safety at the international level in the area of radioactive waste management. Go to Coverage →
Topics in Focus
Nuclear Security

The IAEA is helping policymakers and experts from around the world coordinate their efforts to improve nuclear security, manage radioactive sources and combat nuclear terrorism. Go to Coverage →
Topics in Focus
IAEA and Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zones (NWFZ)

Special coverage of IAEA activities and events, including reports, statements and media coverage in relation to nuclear-weapon-free-zones around the world. Go to Coverage →

Books and Publications

IAEA Factsheet: Safeguards Analytical Laboratories

IAEA Safeguards Analytical Laboratories
The science essential to verifying the peaceful use of nuclear material.

Food for the Future
Nuclear techniques can help small farmers to produce more food and ensure that food is safe and wholesome.

IAEA Annual Report 2011
Summarizing and highlighting developments over the past year in major areas of the Agency's work.

INPRO: International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles - Enhancing Global Nuclear Energy Sustainability

INPRO: International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles
The world needs to produce huge quantities of energy in the coming decades to meet the needs of a growing population and, at the same time, raise the living standards of billions of people that do not have access to cheap, plentiful electricity .

IAEA At Rio+20: Nuclear Technology for a Sustainable Future
Nuclear technologies are used daily to find and protect sustainable sources of fresh water, produce energy and food, while providing researchers the tools to study the ocean's past and predict its future.

IAEA Nuclear Security - Achievements 2002–2011
Building a nuclear security framework, which is suitable for today and sustainable for tomorrow, is a widely held priority of the international community.

Nuclear Security - IAEA: Working to Build a Global Response to a Global Threat
The IAEA helps to ensure that measures are taken to control and protect nuclear and radioactive materials from falling into the wrong hands.

IAEA-EU Joint Action: Partnership in Improving Nuclear Security
The IAEA works to improve and strengthen national nuclear security programmes worldwide. EU support helps to advance the IAEA's efforts by raising awareness and improving understanding of nuclear security and its many component parts.

More Publications →