During the past few years, the research reactor (RR) topic has occupied the centre stage being the major factor in the crisis faced world over in the supplies of medical isotopes, molybdenum-99 in particular. It is therefore an important aspect for discussion at the quadrennial international conference on research reactors organised by the IAEA. The November 2011 IAEA conference at Rabat, Moroc...

Information on the management of radioactive waste (RW), including inventory, can be obtained from several sources, such as International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and European Commission. The IAEA is collecting voluntary national profiles through Joint Convention Safety Spent Fuel Management Radioactive Waste Management. Commission requiring reports Member States in accordance with Council D...

Dr. Berardino De Bari is an Italian Radiation On-cologist based in Switzerland, recognized as one of the European experts on prostate cancer. Apart from his clinical activity, he also involved edu-cational activities ESTRO, IAEA and ESO. He a musician - composer singer.

World food and agricultural production will have to increase substantially if the demand created by the combination of growing populations and rising incomes is to be met. Large-scale improvements in technology are needed if production targets are to be reached. But now that energy is so expensive, the new agricultural techniques and technologies must be as energy-efficient as possible. Researc...

Among the current activities of the IAEA laboratory is a project for the measurement and analysis of small amounts of radioactivity in living persons. This is done with what is known as a "whole body counter" installed in the basement of the Agency's headquarters building in Vienna. This facility is also available for rendering services to Member States at their request as part of the bio-assay...