Nuclear safety and security in Ukraine topped the agenda of the annual meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the European Union this week, which was postponed since 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We are reminding the world that nuclear power is more than nuclear power, for example, nuclear medicine,” Bylica said.
Director General Grossi launched the Rays of Hope initiative in February 2021, in coordination with the World Health Organization, to support countries in improving access to diagnosis and treatment of cancer using radiation medicine.
This also opens opportunities for collaboration with Euratom in the context of its SAMIRA initiative looking at reinforcing Europe’s security of supply in medical radioisotopes and improved safety and quality of medical applications using ionizing radiation.