IAEA Director General Reviews Global Nuclear Trends at Start of Board Meeting

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano provided an overview of global trends in nuclear safety, security and nuclear energy and an update on the Agency’s verification and monitoring activities in Iran in his opening statement to the Agency’s Board of Governors today. “There is increasing interest in the peaceful uses of nuclear technology and the need for Agency nuclear verification activities is growing steadily,” Mr Amano said at the opening of the meeting. …. [Persbericht]