Safe to Drink: IAEA-Supported Water Treatment Unit to Make Aquifer Waters Potable in Jordan
2021-04-13
In Jordan, where water scarcity is a matter of growing concern, a new groundwater treatment unit, developed with the support of the IAEA, will soon begin pumping high-quality drinking water to thousands of homes in Aqaba Governate at the country’s southern tip. The first of its kind in Jordan, the pilot treatment system works by removing naturally occurring radionuclides from groundwater, al...
UAE Issues Operating License for Arab World's First Nuclear Plant
2020-02-25
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has issued an operating license for the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant, a senior official at the nuclear regulator said on February 17,2020, paving the way for it to start production later this year.
The UAE, a key OPEC oil producer, wants to diversify its energy mix, adding nuclear power to meet rising demand for electricity an...
FANR Board of Management Reviews 2018 Radiation Protection Committee Report
2019-07-01
The Board of Management of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), reviewed its performance report during the quarter one of the year where it discussed the various planned activities to be undertaken across the year supporting its mission in regulating the nuclear sector in the UAE.
The Board learned about latest updates of the FANR ongoing review of the Operatin...
Radiation in Medicine Helps Kuwait’s Cancer Control Programme
2019-05-21
Kuwait City – The use of radiation in medicine using state-of-the-art diagnostic methods for radiography, angiography and computed tomography to diagnose and follow treatments in cardiology and cancer control is among the pillars of Kuwait’s health programme, which is supported by the IAEA.
“For Kuwait, access to quality and affordable health care is one of the priority ...
Conserve Every Drop: Isotope Hydrology Techniques Improve Kuwait's Water Management
2019-02-17
Kuwait — Arid countries like Kuwait are increasingly focussing on techniques using stable isotopes to assess their ground water resources and meet the challenge of managing the fresh water resources.
“There are no permanent rivers or lakes in Kuwait and groundwater is our only natural water resource. We have an average rainfall of just 115 mm per year and fresh water streams d...
NuScale and JAEC Agree to Explore SMR Deployment in Jordan
2019-01-24
PORTLAND, Ore - (BUSINESS WIRE). Jan 15, 2019, NuScale Power announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC), to evaluate NuScale’s small module reactor (SMR) nuclear power plant for use in Jordan. The agreement continues to showcase the immense international interest in NuScale’s innovative nuclear technol...
The First Human Images by the World's First Total-body Scanner
2018-11-21
EXPLORER can produce a diagnostic scan of all the body's organ and tissues simultaneously in as little as 20-30 seconds.
The University of California, David (UC Davis) has released the first-ever human images from its medical imaging scanner EXPLORER, the world's first scanner capable of capturing a 3-D picture of the whole human body at once. And the result is not just images but...
Kuwait fulfilled obligations to IAEA Convention on Nuclear Safety
2018-09-22
VIENNA, Sept 22 (KUNA) -- Kuwait has fulfilled its obligations to the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Convention on Nuclear Safety, said Kuwait-IAEA liaison officer Dr. Nader Al-Awadhi on Saturday.
Speaking to KUNA on the sideline of his participation in the 62nd IAEA General Conference, Dr. Al-Awadhi said that Kuwait's national report on nuclear safety was in complian...
The UAE’s Nuclear Path: Q&A
2018-08-03
In the run-up to the IAEA’s International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century, read about the nuclear power programme of the conference’s host country, the United Arab Emirates, which is expected to bring its first nuclear power reactor into operation in 2018.
The UAE started building the first unit of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in 2012 and current...
IAEA Mission Sees Significant Progress in Jordan’s Regulatory Safety Framework, Challenges Ahead
2018-07-26
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said Jordan significantly strengthened its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety in recent years. Looking ahead, it noted that the regulator will continue to face human resources challenges as the country prepares for a nuclear power programme.
The Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) tea...
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