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World News

UN officials raise alarm over nuclear safety in Russia and Ukraine

Reports of incidents near nuclear facilities in Ukraine and Russia have alarmed UN officials, echoing earlier warnings from IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi about potential threats to these sites in both countries.

29/08/2024

Iran

IAEA chief seeks tougher checks on Iran's nuclear programme

Iran has limited the UN nuclear watchdog's ability to conduct proper checks on its nuclear activities and the body faces a number of other hurdles imposed by Tehran.

07/05/2024

World News

IAEA chief meets Putin in Sochi to discuss nuclear safety

The UN's nuclear watchdog sought a “professional and frank” discussion about Ukraine's nuclear safety with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

07/03/2024

Iran

Head of UN nuclear watchdog says Iran not being 'entirely transparent'

The warning comes two days after the military displayed a series of missiles at the Islamic Republic's 45th anniversary celebrations.

13/02/2024

Ukraine

IAEA: dangers around Ukraine's nuclear power plants are multiplying

The Zaporizhzhzia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has remained in Russian hands since the invasion of the country in early 2022.

30/11/2023

Green News

Fukushima: Japan greenlights water release from the nuclear plant

The government says that releasing this water is safe. The International Atomic Energy Agency, UN's watchdog, has also approved the project.

22/08/2023

World News

Nuclear watchdog chief gives reassurance over Fukushima waste water

Head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, insists plans to release treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant are safe despite international concerns

05/07/2023

Japan

IAEA backs Japan's plan to discharge treated water from Fukushima

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday backed the Japanese government's plan to discharge treated water from the Fukushima plant into the sea

04/07/2023

Ukraine

Zaporizhzhia nuclear situation 'serious but stabilising' – IAEA chief

Six reactors have been shut down after massive dam explosion threatened plant's critical water supply

15/06/2023

Ukraine

'No immediate safety risk' to Zaporizhzhia plant after dam destruction

Low water levels could affect the plant's cooling system but the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says there is a safety pond.

06/06/2023

Ukraine

IMF raises growth estimates for Ukraine's economy

The International Monetary Fund says that despite the war Ukraine's economy is performing better than it expected leading it to approve a financial loan package.

31/05/2023

Ukraine

All the latest from the Ukraine war this Monday

These are the latest developments from the Ukraine war today.

08/05/2023

Ukraine

Nuclear energy: Between fear and progress 37 years after Chernobyl

On the 37th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster experts in nuclear power generation and safety share their hopes and fears for Ukraine's atomic power sector.

26/04/2023

Ukraine

IAEA calls for 'compromise' over Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

IAEA chief said he was working on a ‘compromise’ security plan for the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and warned of increased military activity in the area.

30/03/2023

Ukraine

Deal to protect nuclear plant in Ukraine is 'close', says IAEA chief

The head of the UN’s atomic energy watchdog returned Wednesday to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, a day after saying a deal to protect Europe’s largest nuclear power facility from a catastrophic accident due to the war in Ukraine was “close.”

29/03/2023

Iran

Meetings could pave the way for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal

UN nuclear watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, says he’s held "constructive" talks with Iranian officials in Tehran.

04/03/2023

World News

Iran nuclear: IAEA chief 'to meet Iranian president on Saturday'

The reported meeting follows the detection of particles of uranium enriched to 83.7% at an Iranian plant, according to a UN report.

01/03/2023

Ukraine

Explosion at former factory kills four people in Kyiv

A blast at a former factory in Kyiv caused by a gas cylinder explosion has killed four people and injured another five.

10/02/2023

Europe News

Accident at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 'can't be excluded': IAEA

The IAEA has sent experts to Ukraine's four nuclear power plants.

23/01/2023

Nature

International Nuclear Watchdog sets up permanent mission in Chernobyl

The nuclear watchdog IAEA has established a permanent mission at the Chernobyl nuclear site for the first time as part of a new arrangement that will see experts deployed on a continuous basis to all four of Ukraine's power plants.

19/01/2023