Argentina's Rafael Grossi tapped to succeed late Yukiya Amano as head of U.N. nuclear watchdog
Argentina's Rafael Grossi was elected on Tuesday to head the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, which is tasked in particular with monitoring the implementation of the increasingly shaky Iran nuclear deal. Grossi beat Romanian diplomat Cornel Feruta to become director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency ...
Election of world's top nuclear peacekeeper shrouded in secrecy
When the head of the world's nuclear watchdog died in July, his death was kept secret for four days. Many people didn't even know Yukiya Amano was sick. The process that will see his post finally filled this week is shrouded in just as ...
IAEA labs' new facilities near Vienna to be named after late chief Amano
The International Atomic Energy Agency plans to name its new facilities at existing laboratories near Vienna after former chief Yukiya Amano, a Japanese diplomat who died in July in the middle of his third four-year term, members of the IAEA board of governors said ...
Japanese IAEA head Yukiya Amano to step down next year for health reasons: diplomatic sources
The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, Yukiya Amano, will step down in March for health reasons, diplomatic sources said Wednesday, as the agency navigates verification of the increasingly fragile Iran nuclear deal. "An official statement about his departure is expected next week," said a ...
Iran has followed through on a threat to accelerate its production of enriched uranium, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Monday, departing from his usual guarded language to say he was worried about increasing tension. The assessment comes at a time of ...
In power-hungry Philippines, some advocate a nuclear revival
Filipino Wilfredo Torres was hired as a technician for Southeast Asia's only nuclear power plant in the 1980s but has spent the past decade giving guided tours at the never-used facility. The Philippines splashed out $2.3 billion on the 621-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant but ...
Japan and IAEA ink nuclear counterterrorism pact for 2020 Games
The government and the International Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement to work together to keep the 2020 Olympics safe from nuclear terrorism. According to the Foreign Ministry, the agreement includes measures to support the participation of IAEA experts in related events, exchanges of ...
Kono seeks IAEA support to tackle North Korea nuclear threat at Tokyo meeting
Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday asked for the cooperation of the International Atomic Energy Agency to prevent the escalation of North Korea's nuclear weapons program from threatening security in East Asia. "We have a lot of issues to tackle together with the IAEA," including ...
IAEA inspectors ready to return to North Korea if situation warrants it: Amano
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said Thursday that nuclear inspectors from the Geneva-based agency are ready to go back to North Korea at any time if there are political developments that warrant it. "Our inspectors are ready to return to North Korea at ...
IAEA chief urges global support for decommissioning Fukushima plant
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano has called for international cooperation in the decommissioning of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex. "It is important to gather as much knowledge as possible from around the world and engage in the (decommissioning) with the cooperation ...
The U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors on Wednesday backed the agency's chief, Yukiya Amano, for a third term as director general after he ran unopposed on a platform of continuity in dealing with issues like Iran's nuclear programme. Amano, a 69-year-old career diplomat ...
Japan's Yukiya Amano is set to be re-elected unopposed as head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, a diplomatic source said Tuesday. With no opposition apparently being voiced against his re-election, the 69-year-old Japanese is expected to stay on as the director-general of the International Atomic ...
