Contents tagged with IAEA

  • Russia's shelling disrupts power supply to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, warns Ukraine's Energy Ministry

    Ukraine's Energy Ministry reported on Tuesday, October 1, that Russia attacked a substation, disrupting one of the power lines to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The plant is once again on the brink of blackout, posing a severe accident risk, warned Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko.

    "We demand immediate compliance with the IAEA resolution and the return of the plant under Ukrainian control. Safe operation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is only possible under Ukrainian …

  • IAEA Chief to inspect Kursk Nuclear Power Plant amid Ukrainian offensive

    The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, is set to visit the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) due to escalating risks of damage to the facility. In an interview with the Financial Times published on Wednesday, August 21, Grossi stated he would arrive in Kursk at the invitation of Moscow next week to discuss the situation with the plant's management and gather evidence of potential attacks on the station by Ukraine.

    Currently, the Kursk NPP is " …

  • UN's Atomic Energy agency under scrutiny for support and training of Iranian researchers in Russia

    International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a part of the UN system, has been supporting Iranian researchers for years and sending them to Russia for training, according to the documents obtained by BILD am SONNTAG.

    According to these documents, representatives of the UN agency met with Javad Karimi-Sabet in Vienna at the beginning of 2022. Karimi-Sabet has been on the US sanctions list since 2020 and is considered one of the key figures behind Iran's nuclear bomb development. Internal email …