Ukraine accuses Russia of undermining UN nuclear watchdog

Nuclear energy watchdog chief raises ‘serious’ safety concerns over sites in Ukraine and Iran

In his latest address to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Monday, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi warned of the escalating nuclear safety risks in Ukraine as the conflict grinds on.

Vladimir Putin feels reinforced in the new international geopolitical context. Attunement with Donald Trump has even allowed him to vote jointly this February with the United States in United Nations resolutions that harm Ukraine. Kiev now denounces that the pressure from Moscow has caused the technicians of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a UN agency, to have acceded this March for the first time to the Zaporiyia nuclear power pl…

Ukraine accuses Russia of undermining UN nuclear watchdog

Ukraine condemns IAEA visit to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant via Russian-occupied territory.

Reaffirming the IAEA’s commitment to monitoring facilities such as the Khmelnitsky, Rivne and southern Ukrainian nuclear power plants, he explained that these facilities were operating under difficult conditions. “The ability of the power grid to provide reliable off-site power to Ukrainian nuclear power plants has been reduced […]

Rosatom head says Russia will restart seized Ukrainian nuclear plant

Russia will restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant—occupied by Moscow’s troops since the beginning of their three-year-old invasion of Ukraine—as soon as “military and political conditions allow it,” Alexei Likhachev, head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said last week in remarks reported by Russian state media. An apparent plan to push the plant back into service could be approved within the next six weeks, Likhachev told s…

Nuclear monitor defends Ukraine plant visit via Russia-controlled territory

Nuclear monitor defends Ukraine plant visit via Russia-controlled territory bombeleni_temp Mon, 03/03/2025 - 17:43 UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Monday defended the first ever visit by his staff to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant through Russian-occupied territory, saying the "exception" was aimed at protecting lives.Moscow's troops seized Europe's largest nuclear power station shortly after its invasion and later b…