The International Atomic Energy Agency reported explosions near the Ukrainian nuclear power plant occupied by Russian forces. The International Atomic Energy Agency has reported powerful explosions near Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and renewed calls for a security zone around it. A Russian official quickly dismissed the comments by Rafael Grossi, head of the IAEA, saying the United Nations’ …
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. nuclear chief said Thursday he is sending inspectors to two locations in Ukraine where Russia alleged that activities related to the possible production of “dirty bombs” was taking place and expects them to reach a conclusion “in days — very fast.” Rafael Grossi said inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency would be traveling this …
IAEA team is scheduled to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after months of haggling to gain access amid fighting around the site. United Nations inspectors are due to visit the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant – Europe’s largest nuclear facility – as they seek to safeguard the site amid artillery shelling that has prompted global fears of disaster. The International …
Iranian official tells Al Jazeera the world’s atomic watchdog and its director are acting under political pressure. “How is it possible that confidential reports of an international organisation are published in the media even before the official recipients read them?” he said in reference to IAEA reports detailing Iran’s nuclear programme that are regularly leaked to Western media. Eslami also …
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a “very blurred image” of Tehran’s program as it enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. Speaking in a wide-ranging interview to The Associated Press, Rafael Mariano Grossi …