Energy for Development was the topic of the IAEA´s 2009 Scientific Forum. This two-day event, which coincides with the annual General Conference, brought together energy experts, economists and climate change specialists from around the world to debate this issue. Louise Potterton speaks to the Chair of the Scientific Forum, Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.

Monaco is the home of the rich and famous, the pink palace, the Monte Carlo Casino and also the location of the IAEA´s Marine Environment Laboratories (MEL) - the only marine laboratory in the UN system. Louise Potterton speaks to Maria Betti, Director of the IAEA´s Marine Environment Laboratories in Monaco.

A new strain of wheat rust - known as Ug99 - is decimating wheat fields worldwide. But help could be at hand in the form of nuclear science. The Joint Division of the IAEA and the UN´s Food and Agriculture Organization has brought together experts from around the world to develop Ug99 resistant wheat varieties by using radiation to induce mutations in seeds. Louise Potterton spoke to one of the experts, William Wagoire from Uganda, who first detected the new strain.

The IAEA is using nuclear technologies to study coastal pollution in 12 Caribbean countries. The project, which operates in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is coordinated by the IAEA´s Marine Environment Laboratories in Monaco. Louise Potterton spoke to Joan Albert Sanchez Cabeza, who heads the Radiometrics Laboratory in Monaco.

Over 60 countries around the world are considering launching nuclear power programmes to meet energy needs. These countries have approached the IAEA - which offers support and advice to Member States that are considering or have decided to introduce nuclear power - for guidance. Louise Potterton speaks to Hans Holger Rogner, Head of the IAEA's Planning and Economic Studies Section within the Department of Nuclear Energy.

Interview with Renate Czarwinski, Head, IAEA's Radiation Safety and Monitoring Section

Interview with Prof. Christian Herold, Chairman, Department of Radiology, Vienna's General Hospital

David Byron, Head of the IAEA´s Food and Environment Protection Section, talks to Sasha Henriques about the use of irradiation to protect people from food-borne illnesses caused by harmful micro-organisms.

Scientists at the IAEA are working on programmes to control the deadly tsetse fly in Africa using a nuclear technology. The fly is the carrier of the parasite that causes a wasting disease in livestock and sleeping sickness in humans - a disease that can lead to death if untreated. Louise Potterton speaks to IAEA entomologist and tsetse fly expert, Udo Feldmann.

The IAEA is calling for increased investment in a plant breeding technique that could pull millions of people out of the hunger and poverty trap. Louise Potterton speaks to Pierre Lagoda, the head of the IAEA's Plant Breeding and Genetics Section.