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On August 2, 2019, Grossi was presented as the Argentine candidate to become the Director General of IAEA. [12] On 28 October, 2019, the IAEA Board of Governors held its first vote to elect the new Director General, but none of the candidates secure the two-thirds majority in the 35-member IAEA Board of Governors needed to be elected.
In 2005, the IAEA and its administrative head, Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way".
The Board appoints the IAEA Director General, subject to approval by the General Conference, and makes recommendations to the General Conference on the IAEA's program and budget. The Board generally meets five times per year: in March and June, twice in September (before and after the General Conference) and in November. [2]
Without attributing blame, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said his agency has been able to confirm three attacks against the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant since April 7. “Though ...
IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi said that while the U.N. nuclear watchdog continued to perform its monitoring work, Iran had targeted inspectors “who have a lot of experience ...
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi made the announcement on Monday, the first day of a regular meeting of the agency's 35-nation board of governors in Vienna.
In April 2021 she became the Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security at the IAEA. She was also the Deputy Director General of the IAEA. [2] At the end of that year she was knighted when joining the French Legion of Honor. [1] Her department of Nuclear Safety was created in 1996 as a response to the Chernobyl nuclear accident. [4]
A "a big part of the nuclear program in Iran is underground and very well protected," Rafael Grossi, director general of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Dec. 6. "So ...