Chernobyl ‘cut off from grid by Russians’, sparking fears over cooling of spent nuclear fuel
2 years, 10 months ago

Chernobyl ‘cut off from grid by Russians’, sparking fears over cooling of spent nuclear fuel

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Ukraine’s state power operator has warned that Russian forces have disconnected the Chernobyl nuclear plant from the grid, sparking fears over the cooling of spent fuel. The fight still goes on making it impossible to carry out repairs and restore power.” A Soviet-era top secret object Duga, an over-the-horizon radar system once used as part of the Soviet missile defense early-warning radar network, seen behind a radioactivity sign in Chernobyl Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, confirmed the only grid supplying Chernobyl had been damaged, resulting in the plant losing “all electric supply”. He said Ukraine also had no control over what was happening at the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the south of the country, where it said 400 Russian troops were stationed. Ukrainian armed forces simulate a crisis situation in an urban settlement in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl plant in the weeks before the Russian invasion On Tuesday, the UN nuclear watchdog said the systems that were installed to monitor nuclear material at the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl had stopped transmitting data.

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Russia targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Christmas Day
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Russia targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Christmas Day

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Russia launched a massive missile …

Russia targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Christmas Day
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Russia targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Christmas Day

LA Times  

Firefighters put out a fire following a Russian missile attack on the country’s energy system in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine on Wednesday. Russia launched a massive missile and drone barrage targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday, striking a thermal power plant and prompting Ukrainians to take shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning. At least one person was killed in Russia’s …

How a second nuclear disaster was avoided at Chernobyl in 2022
3 weeks, 6 days ago

How a second nuclear disaster was avoided at Chernobyl in 2022

Live Mint  

W.W. Norton; 240 pages; $29.99. “We’re keeping calm for the time being,” Mr Heiko told his colleague, even though there were no guidelines for what employees at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant should do in the event of war. The nuclear facility is terrain he knows well: Mr Plokhy previously produced an outstanding account of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, …

Underground Schools Offer Safe Haven Amid Nuclear Shadow
2 months, 1 week ago

Underground Schools Offer Safe Haven Amid Nuclear Shadow

Associated Press  

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been under repeated attacks, posing a significant threat from both bombs and radiation. Despite being in cold shutdown for two years, the plant's external electrical supply is cut off for extended periods, increasing the risk of a large-scale meltdown. The plant's safer design compared to Chernobyl reduces the immediate threat of a …

Takeaways from AP story on Ukrainian schools built underground to guard against bombs and radiation
2 months, 1 week ago

Takeaways from AP story on Ukrainian schools built underground to guard against bombs and radiation

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But Russian soldiers control another …

Ukraine Is Decentralizing Energy Production to Protect Itself From Russia
55 years ago

Ukraine Is Decentralizing Energy Production to Protect Itself From Russia

Wired  

As soon as the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, Yuliana Onishchuk knew she had to help her country. “I realized: We have to rebuild them in a new way.” Putting her expertise as an energy lawyer and solar power project manager to good use, Onishchuk set up an NGO, the Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation. “I was already in renewables, …

Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of 'nuclear disaster' under Russian plans to strike Ukraine's power plants
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of 'nuclear disaster' under Russian plans to strike Ukraine's power plants

ABC  

Russia's plans to "torment millions of Ukrainians" by destroying the country's power infrastructure threatens to cause a nuclear catastrophe that could reach beyond Ukraine's borders, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned the UN. Just hours after Mr Zelenskyy's speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia was updating its "nuclear doctrine" – effectively rewriting the rules for its own weapons. "If, God forbid, …

A charred transformer on a Kyiv square makes for an unusual Ukraine war exhibit
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A charred transformer on a Kyiv square makes for an unusual Ukraine war exhibit

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — A charred transformer from one of Ukraine’s badly damaged power plants has come to a square in Kyiv’s city center — a stark reminder of the scale of destruction caused by Russian strikes on the country’s energy system. The exhibition by private energy company DTEK, a nongovernmental organization and Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy opened on Thursday with …

UN nuclear watchdog warns conditions ‘very fragile’ at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant
4 months ago

UN nuclear watchdog warns conditions ‘very fragile’ at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog on Tuesday described the situation at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as “very fragile” following fresh attacks near the site in central Ukraine, and vowed to expand the agency’s inspections to include critical electricity supplies. No cooling, then maybe you have a disaster.” Earlier, Grossi posted on X that …

Belarus says Ukraine amassing troops at border amid incursion into Russia
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Belarus says Ukraine amassing troops at border amid incursion into Russia

Al Jazeera  

Fighting has escalated after Ukrainian troops smashed through the border into Russia’s Kursk region this month. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says Kyiv has stationed more than 120,000 soldiers along its border with Belarus, the country’s state news agency reported, as fighting continues amid Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Elsewhere, the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned …

IAEA warns of heightened security dangers facing Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
4 months, 3 weeks ago

IAEA warns of heightened security dangers facing Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

ABC  

The International Atomic Energy Agency has called on Kyiv and Moscow to exercise "maximum restraint" amid fears of a deteriorating safety situation around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in south-eastern Ukraine. "Yet again we see an escalation of the nuclear safety and security dangers facing the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant power plant," he said. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has …

Fire seen at Ukrainian nuclear power plant as 15 injured in Kursk drone strike
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Fire seen at Ukrainian nuclear power plant as 15 injured in Kursk drone strike

The Independent  

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant sustains damage after Ukrainian strike
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant sustains damage after Ukrainian strike

China Daily  

This video grab taken from a handout footage released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on August 11, 2024, shows a fire at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. AFP PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE MOSCOW -- The infrastructure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has sustained serious damage for the first time since the start …

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant sustains damage after Ukrainian strike
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant sustains damage after Ukrainian strike

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-08-12 10:29 This video grab taken from a handout footage released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on August 11, 2024, shows a fire at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. AFP PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE MOSCOW -- The infrastructure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has sustained serious damage for the …

Fire at cooling tower of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Fire at cooling tower of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

The Hindu  

A fire broke out Sunday at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, with Kyiv and Moscow trading blame for the incident. "As a result of shelling of the town of Energodar by the Ukrainian armed forces, there was a fire at a cooling system of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station," Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-installed …

Russia launches new operation to halt advancing Ukrainian troops
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia launches new operation to halt advancing Ukrainian troops

The Hindu  

Moscow on Saturday mounted a "counter-terror operation" in three border regions adjoining Ukraine to halt Kyiv's advance deeper into Russia and warned that the fighting endangered a nuclear power plant. Russia's nuclear agency on Saturday warned the Ukrainian attack posed a "direct threat" to the nearby Kursk nuclear power station. Belarus, Russia's close ally, on Saturday ordered military reinforcements — …

Send us Patriots: Ukraine’s battered energy plants seek air defenses against Russian attacks
8 months, 1 week ago

Send us Patriots: Ukraine’s battered energy plants seek air defenses against Russian attacks

LA Times  

Workers remove debris from the roof of a damaged thermal power plant after a Russian attack in Ukraine this week. Staffers worry they will lose the race to prepare for winter unless Ukraine’s allies come up with air-defense systems like U.S.-made Patriot missiles to stop more destruction on already damaged plants. The Associated Press on Thursday visited a plant owned …

Ukraine warns it lacked missiles to protect power plant from Russian attack
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine warns it lacked missiles to protect power plant from Russian attack

Al Jazeera  

The Trypilska thermal power station, one of the biggest electricity suppliers to the Kyiv region, was destroyed by Russian missiles on April 11. Russia was able to destroy a key power plant serving Kyiv because Ukraine ran out of defensive missiles, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed. The Trypilska thermal power plant, one of the biggest electricity suppliers to the Kyiv …

Is Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at risk of an ‘accident’?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Is Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at risk of an ‘accident’?

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is dangerously close to suffering an accident because of recent drone attacks on it, according to the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency. Last week, all six power units of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which is located in southeastern Ukraine were switched to the cold shutdown …

Ukraine 'ran out' of missiles to defend key plant, Zelensky says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine 'ran out' of missiles to defend key plant, Zelensky says

The Hindu  

Russia was able to destroy a key power plant serving Kyiv because Ukraine ran out of defensive missiles, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. Mr. Zelensky's warning came as overnight storms put further strain on Ukraine's fragile energy system, cutting power to thousands of people. "Due to the bad weather, 173 settlements in four regions are without power supply," Ukraine's …

UN atomic watchdog says the status of Russian-occupied Ukraine nuclear plant is ‘extremely serious’
9 months ago

UN atomic watchdog says the status of Russian-occupied Ukraine nuclear plant is ‘extremely serious’

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — An explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine on Tuesday posed no direct threat to its safety but underscored the “extremely serious situation” at the facility that repeatedly has been caught in the war ‘s crossfire, the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency said. The International Atomic Energy Agency said its team …

Status of Ukraine nuclear power plant is ‘extremely serious,’ U.N. watchdog says
9 months ago

Status of Ukraine nuclear power plant is ‘extremely serious,’ U.N. watchdog says

LA Times  

People pay respect Tuesday to Ukrainian servicemen Serhiy Konoval and Taras Petrushun, who were killed in a battle with Russian troops, during a funeral ceremony in Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine. An explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine on Tuesday posed no direct threat to its safety but underscored the “extremely serious …

Ukraine and Russia trade fresh accusations of targeting a major nuclear power plant
9 months ago

Ukraine and Russia trade fresh accusations of targeting a major nuclear power plant

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine are trading fresh accusations over renewed threats to Europe’s largest nuclear plant that has been caught up in the war, with Moscow alleging Ukraine was behind drone attacks on the facility that were witnessed by U.N. inspectors and Kyiv accusing Russia of disinformation tactics. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday called the drone attacks …

Ukraine and Russia trade fresh accusations of targeting a major nuclear power plant
9 months ago

Ukraine and Russia trade fresh accusations of targeting a major nuclear power plant

LA Times  

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, in June 27. Russia and Ukraine are trading fresh accusations over renewed threats to Europe’s largest nuclear plant that has been caught up in the war, with Moscow alleging Ukraine was behind drone attacks on …

Russia, Ukraine feud over ‘dangerous’ attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
9 months ago

Russia, Ukraine feud over ‘dangerous’ attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Al Jazeera  

Kyiv accuses Moscow of spreading ‘fake’ information of an attack on Europe’s largest nuclear plant to stir more tension. Moscow has accused Ukraine of launching “very dangerous” drone attacks on the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant – allegations that Kyiv described as “fake” information. Russia’s nuclear agency Rosatom said there was a “series of attacks” on Sunday, with one drone …

Attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increase accident risk, IAEA head says
9 months ago

Attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increase accident risk, IAEA head says

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency on Sunday condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, saying such attacks “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident.” In a statement on the social media platform X, Rafael Mariano Grossi confirmed at least three …

Russia says Ukraine attack hits Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
9 months ago

Russia says Ukraine attack hits Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Al Jazeera  

Russian-installed officials at the plant say radiation levels remain normal after the attack. Russia, which occupies the site of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in southern Ukraine, has accused Kyiv of attacking a dome above one of the plant’s shutdown reactors. The Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, has come under regular attack from Kyiv’s forces since 2022, with 25 people …

Russia unleashes new attacks as Ukraine sees another reshuffle
9 months, 1 week ago

Russia unleashes new attacks as Ukraine sees another reshuffle

The Hindu  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight. Ukraine's air force said on Saturday that Russia launched 12 Shahed drones overnight, nine of which were shot down, and fired four missiles into eastern Ukraine. Russia unleashed a barrage of 38 missiles, 75 airstrikes and 98 …

UN watchdog’s head in Russia to discuss safety of Ukrainian nuclear plant caught in crossfire
10 months ago

UN watchdog’s head in Russia to discuss safety of Ukrainian nuclear plant caught in crossfire

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — The U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency chief is visiting Russia amid concern about a Ukrainian nuclear power plant caught in the crossfire since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in 2022 and seized the facility shortly after. AP AUDIO: UN watchdog’s head in Russia to discuss safety of Ukrainian nuclear plant caught in crossfire AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports …

Ukraine to build 4 nuclear reactors as war hits power supply
11 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine to build 4 nuclear reactors as war hits power supply

The Hindu  

Ukraine's Energy Ministry said on January 29 that it will begin building four new nuclear reactors this year to compensate for Russia's seizure of the country's largest nuclear plant. Energy Minister German Galushchenko said in televised comments that all four new reactors would be at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant in western Ukraine, eventually making it the largest in Europe. …

UN: Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities, worsening humanitarian conditions
1 year, 1 month ago

UN: Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities, worsening humanitarian conditions

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Intensifying Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities are worsening humanitarian conditions across the war-torn country, where heavy snow and freezing temperatures have already arrived, U.N. officials said Wednesday. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca told the U.N. Security Council that Russia’s continuing daily attacks on Ukraine’s critical civilian infrastructure have resulted in civilian casualties, and Moscow recently escalated its …

Ex-president barred from leaving Ukraine amid alleged plan to meet with Hungary’s Viktor Orban
1 year, 1 month ago

Ex-president barred from leaving Ukraine amid alleged plan to meet with Hungary’s Viktor Orban

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Former President Petro Poroshenko was denied permission to leave Ukraine for a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukraine’s security service said Saturday. But security officials said that Poroshenko had also agreed to meet Orban, who has previously praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and refused to support Kyiv’s bid for EU accession. In a statement …

Ex-president barred from leaving Ukraine amid alleged plan to meet with Hungary's Viktor Orban
1 year, 1 month ago

Ex-president barred from leaving Ukraine amid alleged plan to meet with Hungary's Viktor Orban

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former President Petro Poroshenko was …

Russian occupiers rule Ukraine’s nuclear plant through force, fear: Sources
1 year, 5 months ago

Russian occupiers rule Ukraine’s nuclear plant through force, fear: Sources

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian insiders talk to Al Jazeera about life at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which was taken over in the early days of the war. The occupiers paid workers in the Russian rouble, while they still received the hryvnia from Ukraine’s state nuclear company Energoatom – until it found out about their “volunteer collaboration”, fired them, and stopped transferring wages. Even …

Land mines are in place around a Russian-occupied nuclear plant in Ukraine, UN watchdog warns
1 year, 5 months ago

Land mines are in place around a Russian-occupied nuclear plant in Ukraine, UN watchdog warns

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The U.N. atomic watchdog says its monitors at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant reported seeing anti-personnel mines around the site as Ukraine’s military pursues a counteroffensive against the Kremlin’s entrenched forces after 17 months of war. The agency did not directly attribute the placement of the mines to the Russians but said its experts were told …

UN nuclear agency seeks more access to the plant that Kyiv and Moscow say is under threat
1 year, 6 months ago

UN nuclear agency seeks more access to the plant that Kyiv and Moscow say is under threat

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The head of the United Nations nuclear agency said Friday he was pushing for access to the rooftops of reactors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, where Ukrainian officials accused Russia of planting explosives. The “foreign objects” were placed on the roof of the plant’s third and fourth power units, the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed …

UN wants more access to Ukraine nuclear plant amid sabotage warnings
1 year, 6 months ago

UN wants more access to Ukraine nuclear plant amid sabotage warnings

Al Jazeera  

International Atomic Energy Agency seeks access to rooftop of Zaporizhzhia reactors to check for presence of explosives. IAEA experts at 🇺🇦's #Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant have inspected parts of the facility – including sections of the perimeter of the large cooling pond – so far without observing any visible signs of mines or explosives, but additional access is neededhttps://t.co/UlWeMsaFdU pic.twitter.com/Fpq124tDap …

Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of planning to attack Europe’s biggest nuclear plant
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of planning to attack Europe’s biggest nuclear plant

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine and Russia accused each other Wednesday of planning to attack one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants, but neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops. Citing the latest intelligence reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged Tuesday night that …

What are the risks surrounding Zaporizhzhya, the nuclear power plant in a war zone?
1 year, 6 months ago

What are the risks surrounding Zaporizhzhya, the nuclear power plant in a war zone?

The Hindu  

Nuclear power plants are complex and sophisticated facilities with several layers of safety measures, but no NPP in the world is built to withstand military conflict — and this is the exactly what has befallen the Zaporizhzhya NPP in Ukraine. In June, a Lithuania-based NGO named the Bellona Foundation published a report, authored by its nuclear advisor Dmitry Gorchakov, analysing …

Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of preparing imminent attack on nuclear plant
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of preparing imminent attack on nuclear plant

LA Times  

Ukraine and Russia accused each other Wednesday of planning to attack one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants, which is located in southeastern Ukraine and occupied by Russian troops, but neither side provided evidence to support its claims of an imminent threat. Citing intelligence reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alleged Tuesday night that Russian troops had placed “objects resembling …

Russians reducing personnel at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukrainian intelligence says
1 year, 6 months ago

Russians reducing personnel at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukrainian intelligence says

ABC  

Russia is gradually reducing the number of personnel at the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, Ukraine's military intelligence agency says. Key points: Ukraine's GUR MO intelligence agency says Russians stationed at Zaporizhzhia's nuclear power plant have begun to leave President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is boosting the military presence in Ukraine's north after the Wagner Group's arrival in Belarus Poland detained a …

Ukraine holds drills in Zaporizhzhia to prepare for radiation leaks from Russian-held nuclear plant
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine holds drills in Zaporizhzhia to prepare for radiation leaks from Russian-held nuclear plant

Associated Press  

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Dressed in white and yellow protective suits and armed with devices to detect radiation levels, Ukrainian emergency workers took part in a drill Thursday to prepare for a potential risk of radiation leakage from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Dozens of civilians joined the drill on the outskirts of the city of Zaporizhzhia, located around 100 …

UN atomic watchdog chief visits Ukraine nuclear plant threatened by war with Russia
1 year, 6 months ago

UN atomic watchdog chief visits Ukraine nuclear plant threatened by war with Russia

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog visited Europe’s largest atomic power plant Thursday in southern Ukraine, where a recent dam burst and the start of a counteroffensive in the war by Kyiv’s forces have heightened safety risks. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the International Atomic Energy Agency chief, met Tuesday in Kyiv with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy …

IAEA’s Grossi says situation ‘serious’ at Ukraine nuclear plant
1 year, 6 months ago

IAEA’s Grossi says situation ‘serious’ at Ukraine nuclear plant

Al Jazeera  

The head of the UN atomic energy agency visits the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after dam breach. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says the situation at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine is “serious” but being stabilised. Grossi arrived at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant on Thursday to assess potential safety risks after the partial collapse of …

UN nuclear chief says large Ukraine atomic power plant held by Russia faces ‘dangerous situation’
1 year, 6 months ago

UN nuclear chief says large Ukraine atomic power plant held by Russia faces ‘dangerous situation’

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The largest nuclear power plant in Europe faces “a relatively dangerous situation” after a dam burst in Ukraine and as Ukraine’s military Kyiv launches a counteroffensive to retake ground occupied by Russia, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Tuesday. When asked about Ukraine’s plans, Grossi noted that Russia controlled the plant and that it …

Intense fighting reported in Ukraine as last nuclear reactor is shut down amid flooding
1 year, 6 months ago

Intense fighting reported in Ukraine as last nuclear reactor is shut down amid flooding

The Hindu  

Ukraine’s military reported intense fighting with Russian forces on June 10, while the country's nuclear energy agency said it put the last operating reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant into a “cold shutdown” for safety as Russia's war on Ukraine drags on through its 16th month. After Russian forces pummeled Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight resulting in deaths …

UN nuclear chief urges Russia and Ukraine to ban attacks at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant
1 year, 7 months ago

UN nuclear chief urges Russia and Ukraine to ban attacks at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. nuclear chief stressed Tuesday that the world is fortunate a nuclear accident hasn’t happened in Ukraine and asked Moscow and Kyiv to commit to preventing any attack on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and make other pledges “to avoid the danger of a catastrophic incident.” Rafael Grossi reiterated to the U.N. Security Council what he …

UN Asks Russia, Ukraine to Protect Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
1 year, 7 months ago

UN Asks Russia, Ukraine to Protect Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

News 18  

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Tuesday urged Ukraine and Russia to adhere to “concrete principles” to prevent nuclear catastrophe at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The safety of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, located in Ukraine’s southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia, has been a concern since Russian forces seized it over a year ago during Moscow’s war on its neighbor. …

Ukraine claims Russia is plotting ‘a provocation’ at nuclear plant, offers no evidence
1 year, 7 months ago

Ukraine claims Russia is plotting ‘a provocation’ at nuclear plant, offers no evidence

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military intelligence has claimed, without offering evidence, that Russia is plotting a “large-scale provocation” at a nuclear power plant it occupies in the southeast of the country with the aim of disrupting a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive. A statement released Friday by the intelligence directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry claimed that Russian forces would strike the Zaporizhzhia …

Ukraine claims Russia planning ‘massive’ incident at nuclear site
1 year, 7 months ago

Ukraine claims Russia planning ‘massive’ incident at nuclear site

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine’s defence ministry has warned that Russia plans to simulate a major accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, which is under the control of Russian forces, in a bid to thwart the expected counteroffensive by Ukraine to retake its territory captured by Moscow. “Russians are preparing massive provocation and imitation of the accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in …

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