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International Atomic Energy Agency
The IAEA is a global nuclear watchdog which aims to promote the non-military applications of nuclear energy and serve as an inhibitor for the military use of nuclear weapons. About IAEA- The IAEA was established on 29 July 1957 as an autonomous organization through its own international treaty. While it was established independently of the ..
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The International Atomic Energy Agency has decided to hold an emergency meeting regarding the war situation in Ukraine. The country has four nuclear power plants that are operational and various waste facilities including Chernobyl. Overview: Board members Poland and Canada called the meeting on Ukraine’s request which is not on the IAEA board. The member ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Chernobyl • International Atomic Energy Agency • Nuclear weapons • Russia • Ukraine
How will Japan release contaminated Fukushima water into the ocean?
The Japanese Government recently approved a plan to release more than 1 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. In 2011, there occurred a nuclear disaster in the plant due an earthquake and tsunami. It was the most severe Nuclear accident that was classified as Level 7 on the International ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Fukushima • Fukushima Nuclear disaster • International Atomic Energy Agency • Radioactive Pollution • Tsunami • Uranium
Iran’s Strategic Measures for the Removal of Sanctions: Highlights
The Iranian Parliament has recently passed a bill called the “Strategic Measures for the Removal of Sanctions”. The bill aims to boost the nuclear activity of Iran in the wake of killing of the Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. He was the head of the Iranian defence ministry innovation centre. He was assassinated on November ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Enriched uranium • International Atomic Energy Agency • Iran • Iran Sanctions • Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action • mohsen fakhrizadeh • United Nations Security Council • Uranium
ATULYA: Microwave sterilizer to disintegrate COVID-19 developed
The Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, deemed university operating under Defence Research and Development Organization has designed microwave sterilizer called “ATULYA”. Highlights The Sterilizer is used to disintegrate COVID-19 virus. The sterilizer uses differential heating to disintegrate the virus in the range of 56 degree Celsius to 60 degree Celsius. The weight of the designed ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) • DRDO • International Atomic Energy Agency • Sterilization • United Nations • Virus
Rafael Grossi elected new Director General of IAEA
Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina has been appointed as the new Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a United Nations’ nuclear watchdog. The Argentine diplomat will succeed late Yukiya Amano as the new chief of IAEA. Key Highlights The 58-year-old Gossi will be appointed for a term of four years and will assume ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Argentina • Director General IAEA • International Atomic Energy Agency • Rafael Mariano Grossi