The Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Information System (SRIS) will provide an authoritative and integrated view of national and global spent fuel and radioactive waste inventories as well as relevant laws, regulations, policies, plans and activities. The IAEA is encouraging national authorities to take advantage of this important new tool by nominating representatives responsible for submitting data […]

BEIS-sponsored Nuclear Security Culture Programme in partnership with the African Centre for Science and International Security (AFRICSIS) presents: Nuclear Security Workshop for Scientists, Technicians and Engineers Accra, Ghana 10-12 September 2019   The Nuclear Security Culture Consortium, sponsored by the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is holding a workshop on nuclear […]

Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and its subsidiaries signed a number of agreements during the XI International Forum Atomexpo 2019 in Sochi with countries planning to introduce nuclear power, including Azerbaijan, Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Serbia, and Uzbekistan. Azerbaijan’s National Nuclear Research Centre and Rusatom International Network signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on personnel […]

“In my opinion, it will be difficult for the world to meet the twin challenges of securing sufficient energy and limiting the average global temperature increase to 2 degrees centigrade, in the coming decades without making more use of nuclear power,” he said. “IAEA projections show that nuclear power’s global potential up to 2050 remains […]

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana—the third largest hospital in Africa—houses two radiation machines for treating cancer patients. Both are relatively new, purchased by Ghana’s Ministry of Health in the last few years.

The African continent faces a plethora of non-conventional and international security threats and risks. They include CBRNe IDFocus on the partnership between AFRICSIS and NRPA terrorism, cyber-attacks, climate change, and nuclear technology proliferation. The zenith of their implications during the last decade have significantly challenged the very concept of national security, stymied economic growth, and […]

The Host Country Agreement between the Commission of the African Union (AUC) and the Government of the Republic of South Africa regarding terms and conditions on the location of the Secretariat of the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE), an implementation agency of the Treaty of Pelindaba on the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (or simply Treaty […]

Bannerman Resources has officially opened a heap leach demonstration plant at the Etango uranium project in Namibia. Construction work began on the plant in October 2014 and it is expected to deliver its first test results by the end of June. The plant will demonstrate the design and projected performance in the definitive feasibility study […]

Remarks Rose Gottemoeller Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security University of Virginia, Jefferson Literary and Debating Society Charlottesville, VA February 13, 2015   As Delivered Good evening and thank you for the kind introduction. It is great to be down here in Charlottesville. It’s also great to see so many young people here at […]

Dubai, UAE, March 9, 2015 – The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) has tasked Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) for the launch of the landmark project KhalifaSat.,KhalifaSat is the most advanced satellite ever created for the UAE and the first to be conceptualized and built by a team of Emirati engineers. KhalifaSat […]