The IAEA is the world's centre for cooperation in the nuclear field, promoting the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technology. It works in a …

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organized fifth International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century in Washington DC, United States of America, from 26 to 28 October 2022. You can read the President's Statement here, also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.

Nuclear Explained. 13 December 2022. Nuclear power is harnessed around the world today to produce low-carbon electricity. The convergence of the climate change and energy crises underlines the need for clean, safe and reliable energy sources. In this episode, guests talk about the role of nuclear power to achieve net zero goals and …

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For a country to safely introduce nuclear energy, the IAEA recommends that its grid capacity be around ten times the capacity of its planned nuclear power plant. For example, a country should have a capacity of 10,000 megawatts already in place to generate 1,000 megawatts from nuclear power. Few countries in Africa currently have a …

The 1986 Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident. On 26 April 1986, the Number Four reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in what then was the Soviet Union during improper testing at low-power, resulted in loss of control that led to an explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of …

The IAEA offers a variety of online learning courses, from beginner to expert level. They focus on a wide array of topics, from nuclear energy to safety and security, and from safeguards to nuclear technology and applications.

2 days agoThe IAEA has published the 2023 edition of its Country Nuclear Power Profiles (CNPP ), which provides information on the status and development of nuclear power programmes around the world. The publication coincides with the launch of a redesigned web platform featuring countries' official nuclear power data, now integrated with the …

For more information, see page on Nuclear Energy and Sustainable Development. In 2021 nuclear plants supplied 2653 TWh of electricity, up from 2553 TWh in 2020. Figure 1: Nuclear electricity production (source: …

The IAEA Milestones Approach enables a sound development process for a nuclear power programme. It is a phased comprehensive method to assist countries that are considering or planning their first nuclear …

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safety review has concluded that Japan's plans to release treated water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station into the sea are consistent with IAEA Safety Standards. ... After taking the decision in April 2021 to discharge the water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ...

The treaties relating to the work of the IAEA cover a wide range of subjects, from the organization of the Agency's own work to nuclear safety, nuclear security, safeguards and nuclear non-proliferation, and civil liability for nuclear damage. They fall into three categories: treaties under IAEA auspices; agreements to which the IAEA is a ...

INES was developed in 1990 by the IAEA and the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/NEA). Initially the scale was applied to classify events at nuclear power plants, then extended and adapted to enable it to be applied to all installations associated with the civil nuclear industry. ...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are advanced nuclear reactors that have a power capacity of up to 300 MW (e) per unit, which is about one-third of the generating capacity of traditional nuclear power reactors. SMRs, which can produce a large amount of low-carbon electricity, are:

Nuclear power reactors produce energy by initiating and controlling a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Currently, over 400 such reactors in 32 countries provide about 10 per cent of the world's electricity. The IAEA fosters an international information exchange and collaboration on technological innovations in different reactor technologies.

Nuclear energy is a form of energy released from the nucleus, the core of atoms, made up of protons and neutrons. This source of energy can be produced in two ways: fission – when nuclei of …

According to the IAEA's high case projection, nuclear energy could contribute about 12% of global electricity by 2050, up from 11% in last year's 2050 high case projections. Nuclear power generated around 10% of the world's electricity in 2020. The low case scenario was unchanged with a projected share of 6% for nuclear in the total ...

Nuclear power provided secure and reliable low-emission electricity amid evolving global crises in 2021, notching its second highest annual output of the last decade as the world emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to annual data released by the IAEA Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).

By 2035, China's nuclear power generation will account for 10 per cent of the country's electricity generation, according to the latest Blue Book of China Nuclear Energy Development Report. "China is a …

The IAEA Hydrogen Economic Evaluation Program HEEP was developed and released by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as a free tool which can be used to assess the economics of large scale hydrogen production using nuclear energy. The software can be used to evaluate the economics of the four most promising processes …

Japan has begun discharging treated radioactive wastewater from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean, 12 years on …

24 August 2023 Climate and Environment. Japan has begun discharging treated radioactive wastewater from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean, 12 years on from the major meltdown there, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Thursday. Experts from the UN nuclear watchdog were …

Fukushima Daiichi Status Updates. On 26 July 2023, Japan provided the IAEA with a copy of a report on the discharge record and the seawater monitoring results at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station during June, which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent to all international Missions in Japan. The report contains information on ...

The clean energy transition means shifting energy production away from sources that release a lot of greenhouse gases, such as fossil fuels, to those that release little to no greenhouse gases. Nuclear power, hydro, wind and solar are some of these clean sources. The direction of the global transition to clean energy was agreed in the Paris ...

A 2019 IAEA publication, Nuclear–Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems for Decarbonized Energy Production and Cogeneration, presents national approaches, R&D efforts, as well as the role of small modular reactors. A Nuclear Energy Series publication, Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems, is expected to be released in 2022.

The IAEA is a leading publisher in the nuclear field. Its more than 9,000 scientific and technical publications include international safety standards, technical guides, conference proceedings and scientific reports. They cover the breadth of the IAEA's work, focusing on nuclear power, radiation therapy, nuclear safety and security, and ...

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Industrial Applications of Nuclear Energy, IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NP-T-4.3, IAEA, Vienna (2017) Download to: EndNote BibTeX *use BibTeX for Zotero. ... International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna International Centre PO Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria. Tel.: +43 1 2600 22529, +43 1 …

Department of Nuclear Energy. The Department of Nuclear Energy fosters sustainable nuclear energy development by supporting existing and new nuclear …

The IAEA is providing live data from Japan on the release of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) on the IAEA website. The data provided includes water flow rates, radiation monitoring data and the concentration of tritium after dilution. Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the FDNPS operator, …

Climate change. Climate change is one of the biggest environmental challenges affecting the planet and humanity. The IAEA helps countries use nuclear science and technology to monitor emissions and environmental changes to the ocean and ecosystems, mitigate sources of greenhouse gas emissions from energy production and …