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04/04/2023 — 81st CRPPH meeting
27/02/2023 — IAEA Technical Meeting on Radiation Protection of Paediatric and Pregnant Patients
22/02/2023 — 19th Global Nuclear Safety and Security Network Steering Committee Meeting
07/02/2023 — 6th Asian and Oceanic Congress for Radiation Protection (AOCRP6) “Radiation Protection and Surveillance in Nuclear, Medical, Industrial facilities and the Environment”
25/01/2023 — Public exposure subgroup 3 “Radon” meeting in Vienna
21/12/2022 — UNSCEAR and the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) renewed their arrangement for cooperation on 21 December 2022
28/11/2022 — Informal briefing of the Permanent Missions and International Organizations in Vienna
23/11/2022 — 53rd RASSC meeting in Vienna
23/11/2022 — Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety (IACRS) Meeting
17/11/2022 — UNSCEAR presents the findings of its 2020/2021 REPORT, ANNEX D “EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION” during a webinar
07/11/2022 — UNSCEAR at the ICRP 2021+1, 6th International Symposium on the System of Radiological Protection
25/10/2022 — UNSCEAR expert meeting on Cancer Epidemiology project in Paris
24/10/2022 — Today the world celebrates the UN Day, and the UNSCEAR secretariat is proud to serve the Scientific Committee and all UN Member States for a better and safe world for the current and future generations
17/10/2022 — PRESS RELEASE - Fourth Committee Completes Its Work on Decolonization with 16 More Texts, Reviews Work of Scientific Committee on Effects of Atomic Radiation
17/10/2022 — 77th UN General Assembly
10/10/2022 — 6th African Regional Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (AFRIRPA06) “Embracing Radiation Protection Education and Safety culture”
13/09/2022 — CTBTO and UNSCEAR secretariat signed an agreement for collaboration in support of the ongoing UNSCEAR evaluation on public exposure to ionizing radiation
06/09/2022 — PRESS RELEASE - UN Scientific Committee presents its findings to international conference on occupational radiation protection
06/09/2022 — UNSCEAR 2020/2021 Report, Annex D on evaluation of occupational exposure to ionizing radiation now available
05/09/2022 — WHO and the UNSCEAR secretariat sign framework of cooperation
17/07/2022 — PRESS RELEASE - UNSCEAR team to present and discuss latest report on public exposure and health implications findings from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident on four-day mission to Japan, 19 -22 July, 2022
12/07/2022 — PRESS RELEASE - Press Conference of the Chair of the 66th to 68th sessions Gillian Hirth and the Secretary Borislava Batandjieva-Metcalf of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
08/07/2022 — Ahead of the forthcoming UNSCEAR outreach mission to Japan (19-22 July 2022), the secretariat of the Scientific Committee expresses sincere sadness of the tragic event and passing of the former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe today. Japan is a founding member of the Committee since 1955 and sincere condolences go to the Japanese delegation to the 69th UNSCEAR session, colleagues and Japanese people in this difficult moment.
09/06/2022 — UNSCEAR Secretary presents the latest UNSCEAR report on medical exposure to ionizing radiation at the 52nd RASSC meeting
07/06/2022 — UNSCEAR and IAEA explore areas for cooperation on public exposure during the IAEA technical meeting on the database on discharges of radionuclides to the atmosphere and aquatic environment (DIRATA)
07/06/2022 — The 69th Bureau led by the new chair Ms Jing Chen holds its first meeting
06/06/2022 — UNSCEAR Secretary attends IACRS extraordinary meeting on 6 June 2022 in Vienna. More on iacrs-rp.org.
25/05/2022 — Online Launch of UNSCEAR 2020/2021 REPORT, ANNEX A: EVALUATION OF MEDICAL EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION
18/05/2022 — UNSCEAR 20th Lead Writers meeting (16-18 May) on the evaluation of public exposure concludes successfully In Vienna
13/05/2022 — UNSCEAR concludes 69th Session
11/05/2022 — UNSCEAR and IAEA sign memorandum of understanding for the first time in 65 years
10/05/2022 — On 10 May 2022 Ms Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director visited VIC and met with UNEP/UNSCEAR Staff based in Vienna
04/05/2022 — UNSCEAR 2020/2021 Report, Annex A on evaluation of medical exposure to ionizing radiation now available
01/05/2022 — On 29 April 2022 the government of Japan announced the conferment of Decoration on Mr Malcolm Crick, Former Secretary of the UNSCEAR
11/03/2022 — UNSCEAR 2020/2021 Report, Annex B on Fukushima accident now available in English and Japanese
10/03/2022 — Information on the developments in Ukraine
01/03/2022 — UNSCEAR informal briefing to Permanent Missions
17/12/2021 — UNSCEAR publishes its 2020/2021 Report, Annex C (Biological mechanisms relevant for the inference of cancer risks from low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation)
18/10/2021 — UNSCEAR Chair presented the Committee's report to the General Assembly (A/76/46) at the Fourth Committee virtual meeting on 18 October 2021. For more information access the press release GA/SPD/735.
22/07/2021 — UNSCEAR Newsletter No.2
25/06/2021 — UNSCEAR marks its 65th anniversary
09/03/2021 — PRESS RELEASE - Publication of UNSCEAR 2020 Report, Annex B
14/06/2018 — PRESS RELEASE - UN Scientific Committee to update Fukushima report

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