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Grossi holds talks with Italian leaders and Pope Francis
Italy is a steadfast partner in the challenges facing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today with a long history of achievements in the nuclear field, IAEA Director...
IAEA flag raised at Ukraine’s South Ukraine NPP
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has established a continuous IAEA presence at Ukraine’s Pivdennoukrainsk (South Ukraine) NPP. During...
Damage and diplomacy at ZNPP
A 330 kV back-up power line to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been disconnected as a result of damage caused by shelling, in the latest incident underlining...
Grossi attends conference on Ukraine in Paris
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal have agreed that the IAEA will establish a continuous...
IAEA finds improved nuclear security infrastructure in Sudan
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Nuclear Security Advisory Service (INSServ) team said Sudan had strengthened its national nuclear security regime...
IAEA carries out missions to Ukrainian NPPs
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has carried out nuclear safety and security missions at Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyy and Rivne Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) as part of its...
Russia reaffirms support for ZNPP security zone
While the past few days have seen no new statements from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a raft of very high-ranking Russian officials have reaffirmed their support for...
IAEA undertakes safety mission to South Ukraine NPP
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has carried out a nuclear safety and security mission to the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant (SUNPP) as it steps up its efforts to...
Europe backs Ukrainian claims to ZNPP as Russia strengthens control of the plant
The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) has said that "Energoatom is the only legitimate licensee of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) and that the plant has to...
Zaporizhzhia NPP to remain under Russian ownership
The Zaporizhzhia NPP (ZNPP) in southern Ukraine is under Russian control and will remain so, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on 28 November. He was responding to a statement by...
IAEA’s Grossi holds talks with Russia
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has once again lost access to external electricity and is instead relying on its emergency diesel generators for the power it needs...
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...
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...
Hungary says nuclear is essential for energy security
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó has told Hungarian M1 TV that "Europe will not ensure its energy security without nuclear energy." He was speaking in Washington DC on...
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...
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...
TechnicAtome and Framatome renew national defence cooperation
Framatome has renewed its 2017 cooperation agreements with Technicatome. Loïc Rocard, President and CEO of TechnicAtome and Bernard Fontana, CEO of Framatome, reaffirmed their...
