In 1987 when Debbie Gilley started working as a safety inspector of healthcare facilities for the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control, which is responsible for the US state’s radiological safety programme, she was one of only three women out of the 40 professional staff members at the organization.
The IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has briefed representatives of Member States this week on nuclear safeguards issues in Iran and around the world and ways the Agency is using nuclear science to battle COVID-19.
A recent technical understanding agreed with Iran and the IAEA’s response to COVID-19 were the focus of Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi’s statement to the IAEA’s Board of Governors today.