Category: Video

In South Africa approximately one rhino is being killed for its horn every day.

A pioneering effort capitalising on the world’s nuclear security infrastructure is being rolled out this week to help prevent the illegal poaching and protect South Africa’s rhino.

The Rhisotope Project, supported by the IAEA, is safely inserting radioactive isotopes into rhino horns to deter poachers and stop smuggling by making the horns detectable at international borders. Watch this film to find out more.  

Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death on the continent, claiming around 2,000 lives every day.

Three years ago, to close the global cancer care gap, we launched the IAEA’s #RaysOfHope initiative at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa.

Today, we returned to take stock:

• More than 90 countries have joined
• Over €90 million mobilized
• Hospitals upgraded
• PET/CTs, SPECTs, mammography units and LINACs delivered
• Radiotherapy centres coming online across several countries
• Staff trained and networks developed

Building on this momentum, we signed a $4.5 million partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – the largest contribution from a non-traditional partner to our cancer care work to date. We also launched a new nuclear medicine service at Black Lion Hospital – one of four radiotherapy centres supported by the IAEA in Ethiopia. The hospital now has SPECT/CT scanners, a linear accelerator, trained staff, and a mammography unit on the way.

Learn more: Rays of Hope IAEA Flagship Initiative →

Cancer can affect anyone. Whether you survive for not, often depends on your access to treatment. And this varies, depending on where you live in the world. Through its Rays of Hope initiative, the IAEA is giving more cancer patients access to life-saving care in low- and middle-income countries where the need is greatest. Three years since its launch, Rays of Hope is providing tangible support to people in all regions of the world.

Delve into the rich history of the IAEA through our extensive collection of documents and images, showcasing our mission to promote the peaceful use of atomic energy for global peace, health, and prosperity.

Our archive preserves the official records of the Agency, including programme activities, agreements, and treaties. Our large audio-visual collection features films, sound recordings, photographs, and architectural plans.

Be inspired, visit our our online catalogue https://archives-catalogue.iaea.org

Natural radiation from space can interfere with measuring radioactivity in scientific samples. The IAEA built an underground lab to minimize this interference and allow precise measurements. In Monaco, heavily-shielded detectors check for tiny amounts of radioactivity in marine samples collected globally, helping countries assess their marine environments.

Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France and Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the IAEA speak to the media on non-proliferation and nuclear weapons at a stakeout after a private meeting of the UN Security Council on 28 April 2025 in New York.

Planning and innovation play crucial roles when it comes to the end of a nuclear reactor’s life. Decommissioning activities, set to increase in the coming years as ageing nuclear power plants are retired, include decontamination and dismantling of structures, leading to the removal of regulatory controls so that a facility and site may be reused. In this video, you will learn how decommissioning activities are carried out effectively and safely, including the example of one such project currently underway in the French town of La Hague, where a former fuel processing plant is being decommissioned.

This video was first published in 2023 for the International Conference on Nuclear Decommissioning.

Uranium is the primary fuel for nuclear reactors and its production cycle must be managed carefully, in a safe and secure manner. The IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is in Niger which produces about 5 percent of the world’s uranium and has visited two mines there during his trip.

The IAEA Director General and his team have been collecting water samples off the coast of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, with scientists from China, Korea and Switzerland, as part of additional measures to promote transparency and build trust in the region, during the ongoing release of ALPS-treated water from the plant.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is in Ukraine to assess damage to key electricity infrastructure that is critical to the country’s nuclear safety.

This is the 11th mission to Ukraine led personally by the Director General since the conflict began almost three years ago, demonstrating the IAEA’s unwavering commitment to assist Ukraine in ensuring nuclear safety and security.

Read the latest IAEA update on the situation here.