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Nuclear watchdog chief announces breakthrough on Iran monitoring

·September 10, 2025·1 min read

“Indispensable” monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ended in June, agency chief Rafael Grossi said, when Israel and US-backed airstrikes targeted Iran’s nuclear power installations. At the time, the Iranian authorities confirmed that the Natanz enrichment site had been “impacted” without affecting existing radiation levels, the top IAEA...

Monitoring Iran and promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy– the IAEA’s role explained

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·June 20, 2025·5 min read

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) dates back to 1957 and was set up in response to global fears following the first use of nuclear and atomic weapons and alarm over the advent and spread of nuclear technology. An autonomous part of the United Nations system, it works on issues...

Japan: IAEA monitoring treated water release from Fukushima nuclear plant

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·August 24, 2023·1 min read

Experts from the UN nuclear watchdog were present to monitor and assess that all relevant international safety standards were applied, as part of a multiyear review of a process that could last for decades. The decision to release the water into the sea has sparked criticism in Japan and the...

Amid ‘spy balloon’ controversy, WMO highlights key role of weather balloons in climate monitoring

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·February 18, 2023·2 min read

On the heels of recent news reports about Canada and the United States shooting down several flying objects, including an alleged Chinese ‘spy balloon’, inside their borders, WMO points out that weather balloons provide just a tiny fraction of the millions of observations gathered worldwide daily. On Thursday, US President...

Climate change: WMO unveils plans for sustainable monitoring of greenhouse gases

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·February 1, 2023·2 min read

The WMO initiative would create a network of ground-based measurement stations that can verify worrying air quality data that’s been flagged by satellites or airplanes, potentially in the next five years. “At present, there is no comprehensive, timely international exchange of surface and space-based greenhouse gas observations,” the UN agency said, as it...