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Shelling resumes damaging Zaporizhzhia NPP while conflict also affects other Ukrainian NPPs
Powerful explosions shook the area of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on the evening of 19 November and the following morning, abruptly ending a period of relative...
More IAEA security missions planned in Ukraine
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will in the coming weeks send nuclear safety and security missions to three operating nuclear power plants in Ukraine, as well as to...
IAEA completes inspection of Kharkiv nuclear facilities
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has completed a joint safeguards and nuclear security expert mission to a nuclear research facility in Ukraine’s north-eastern city...
External power restored to ZNPP
External power has been restored to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) two days after it lost all access to off-site electricity in the latest incident highlighting...
Shelling resumes at Zaporizhzhia; staff under pressure
A recent landmine explosion cut the main power supply connection to one of the reactors of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), in the latest incident underlining...
IAEA continues to press for Zaporizhzhia security zone and plans to investigate “dirty bomb” allegations
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi was in the United States from 26-28 October to attend the IAEA’s International Ministerial Conference...
Production of lutetium-177 begins at Bruce NPP
An international collaboration between Bruce Power, Isogen (a Kinectrics and Framatome company) and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich has announced the start of commercial production...
WANO expresses concern about Zaporizhzhia NPP
The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) has said on it remains “deeply concerned” about the situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), noting that plant...
Military action continues around Zaporizhzhia NPP as Ukrainian troops try to seize the plant
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has restored the connection to its last remaining operating 750 kV power line after it was lost for the third time in ten days,...
Back-up power restored at Zaporizhzhia NPP
Ukrainian engineers have managed to restore back-up power to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), a much-needed development after the plant lost all access to external...
IAEA mission reviews Finnish regulatory framework
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission said Finland has strengthened its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation...
Situation at Zaporizhzhia NPP remains “fragile”
External power has been restored to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), a few hours after its connection to the grid was cut for a second time in less than a week,...
Tensions continue at Zaporizhzhia as Russia assumes control
Ukrainian engineers restored external power to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on 9 October, a day after the facility lost the connection to its last remaining operating...
Conflicting claims complicate status of Zaporizhzhia NPP
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, has said he will engage in consultations with the relevant authorities following reports...
Zaporozhzhia NPP Director General released from detention
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, has confirmed that Ihor Murashov, Director General of Ukraine’s Zaporozhzhia Nuclear...
Political developments undermine plans for talks on Zaporizhzhia protection zone
The site of Ukraine’s Zaporozhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) was hit by new shelling and explosions this week, breaking windows in one of its turbine halls and once again underlining...
IAEA proposal for Zaporozhzhia safety and security protection zone wins support
An IAEA proposal to establish a nuclear safety and security protection zone around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is receiving strong international support and...
Fire at Framatome fuel production site reported under control
French regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) says it has found no traces of nuclear radiation after a fire broke out at Framatome’s Romans-sur-Isère fuel fabrication plant...
IAEA says Slovakia is committed to a high level of safety
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission said Slovakia is committed to maintaining and strengthening its regulatory framework...
