Updates on nuclear safety, security and safeguards implications of the conflict in Ukraine as a result of the Russian Federation’s military operation that began on 24 February.

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Nuclear Safety and Security in Ukraine
Update 84 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The International Atomic Energy Agency has once again lost the remote connection to its safeguards surveillance systems installed at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), further underlining the need for the IAEA to go there very soon, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Read more →
Update 83 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that shelling had caused additional damage to a nuclear research facility in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv on 25 June, but that radiation levels at the site remained normal, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Read more →
Update 82 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is increasingly concerned about the difficult conditions facing staff at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and it must go there as soon as possible to address this and other urgent issues, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Read more →
Update 81– IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The International Atomic Energy Agency and the Ukrainian operator of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) have worked together to restore the remote transmission of vital safeguards data from the facility to IAEA headquarters after a technical interruption of almost two weeks, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Read more →
IAEA-led Visit to Zaporizhzya Nuclear Power Plant is a Must, Grossi Tells IAEA Board
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano this morning reiterated the need for an expert mission to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, the site of which is under the control of Russian forces. Read more →
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