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                  -   **Top Story** | *24 January 2014*  IAEA Director General Media Statement at Close of Board's Special Session  IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano made this statement to the media following a special meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors.  Read more → 
                  -   **Top Story** | *24 January 2014*  IAEA Delivers Final Report on Remediation in Fukushima to Japan  The IAEA handed Japan the final report from an expert mission that reviewed remediation efforts in areas affected by the Fukushima Daiichi accident.  Read more → 
                  -  **Press Release** | *20 January 2014*  IAEA Head Reports Status of Iran's Nuclear Programme  The following is a statement by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano. Read more → 
                  -  **Top Story** | *20 January 2014*  Remarks by IAEA Deputy Director General Tero Varjoranta  The following is an edited transcript of remarks to media today by Tero Varjoranta, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards. Read more →
                  -   **Press Release** | *15 January 2014*  IAEA Convenes Board Meeting on Iran  The following is a statement by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano.  Read more → 

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                  -    **Topics in Focus**  Nuclear Security  The IAEA is helping policymakers and experts from around the world coordinate their efforts to improve nuclear security, manage radioactive sources and combat nuclear terrorism. Go to Coverage → 
                  -    **Topics in Focus**  Nuclear Power: Status and Outlook  Over the past several years, there has been a resurgence of interest in nuclear power, both from countries with established nuclear power programmes and countries that are interested in beginning a programme. Go to Coverage → 
                  -    **Topics in Focus**  Cancer Care and Control  Cancer is fast becoming a major global health problem. It is estimated that by 2020 there will be some 15 million new cancer cases a year, the majority of them in developing countries. Go to Coverage → 
                  -    **Topics in Focus**  IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative  Resources and other relevant information on the IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative (PUI). Go to Coverage → 

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**Keeping the Planet Blue - Nuclear Applications for a Healthy Marine Environment**17 September 2013 | We call our earth the "Blue Planet". Over seventy percent of it is indeed covered by water, but is it really blue? Look closely and you will see that in fact it's red, yellow, green, black and brown. Our seas are suffering from pollution which is coming from all kinds of man-made sources. The IAEA works with institutes worldwide to study the impact of marine pollution and find ways to prevent and manage it better.

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## Books and Publications

**Contributing to Peace, Health and Prosperity**The December 2013 issue of the IAEA Bulletin is now available.

**Sealed Radioactive Sources**Information, Resources and Advice for Key Groups About Preventing Loss of Control Over Sealed Radioactive Sources.

**Protecting Our Marine Environment**The September 2013 issue of the IAEA Bulletin is now available.

**Country Nuclear Power Profiles**The Country Nuclear Power Profiles (CNPP) compiles background information on the status and development of nuclear power programmes in Member States.  

**IAEA Annual Report for 2012**The *IAEA Annual Report* summarizes and highlights developments over the past year in major areas of the Agency's work.

**Global Vigilance: Strengthening Nuclear Security**An overview of the Agency's work in all areas of									 nuclear security. *(IAEA Bulletin, Vol. 54/2, June 2013)*

**Nuclear Power in the 21st Century**The IAEA helps Member States to use nuclear technology for a broad range of peaceful purposes, one of the most important of which is generating electricity. 

**IAEA At Work**IAEA in Overview: Using Nuclear Technologies Peacefully. 

**IAEA Safeguards Analytical Laboratories**The science essential to verifying the peaceful use of nuclear material. 

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