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Update 320 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine | IAEA
10 Oct 2025
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today that a process had been set in motion to help restore external electricity to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.
IAEA Concludes Long Term Operational Safety Review of Armenia’s Nuclear Power Plant | IAEA
09 Oct 2025
An IAEA team of experts today completed a review of long term operational safety of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia.
IAEA Opens New Curie-Meitner Nuclear Applications Centre, Marking Completion of Lab Modernization | IAEA
09 Oct 2025
The IAEA yesterday inaugurated the new Curie-Meitner Nuclear Applications Centre at its laboratory site in Seibersdorf, marking the successful completion of the ReNuAL2 lab project.
IAEA Completes Integrated Nuclear Safety Assessment of Research Reactor in Romania | IAEA
09 Oct 2025
An IAEA team of experts this week said the Institute for Nuclear Research – the operator of the TRIGA MARK II research reactor in Pitesti, Romania – had continued to improve safety of the reactor by s
Update 319 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine | IAEA
09 Oct 2025
The IAEA team at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) today heard multiple rounds of incoming and outgoing shelling, adding to nuclear safety risks at a time when the plant has been witho
IAEA and International Laboratories Confirm Japanese Monitoring Data for ALPS Treated Water Discharge under Additional Measures | IAEA
09 Oct 2025
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today published three new reports on the analytical results of the Additional Measures, confirming the consistency of independent assessments conducted by
Update 318 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine | IAEA
09 Oct 2025
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today that he is discussing detailed proposals with the Russian Federation and Ukraine on how to restore off-site power to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Pow
Update 317 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine | IAEA
09 Oct 2025
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is engaging with both sides of the military conflict to help pave the way for the restoration of offsite power to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Pla
Update 316 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine | IAEA
09 Oct 2025
A drone was downed and detonated approximately 800 metres from the perimeter of Ukraine’s South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant overnight, in the latest close call underlining constant dangers to nuclear
Update 315 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine | IAEA
09 Oct 2025
Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost all off-site power yesterday, marking the tenth time the plant has faced a complete loss of off-site power since the start of the conflict i
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