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International Atomic Energy Agency staff at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant report that they have been told unit 4 is being transferred to cold shutdown - making it the sixth and last unit to do so.

Date: Saturday, 13 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Final-Zaporizhzhia-unit-being-switched-to-cold-shu

Rosatom, Zaporizhia NPP, Russian media and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have all reported drone strikes against the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP). Drone strikes hit the ZNPP site on 7 April “in a serious incident that endangered nuclear safety and security, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. For the first time since November 2022, the plant was directly targeted in military action that also represents a clear violation of the five basic principles for protecting the facility established by Grossi at the United Nations Security Council in May 2023, IAEA noted.

Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newszaporizhia-npp-attacked-by-drones-11669467

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi described three drone strikes at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant site as a serious incident that endangered nuclear safety and security.

Date: Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grossi-condemns-drone-strikes-at-Zaporizhzhia-site

The conflict in Ukraine is continuing to endanger nuclear safety and security, with military activity taking place near the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano said in his latest update. He noted that air raid alarms were sounding at several sites, and shelling was knocking out off-site power at a research facility in the north-east.

Date: Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukraine-conflict-continues-to-endanger-zaporizhia-npp-11651061

During a visit to Baghdad, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi met with Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani and senior government leaders. Talks centred on Iraq’s plans for a possible nuclear energy programme, including small modular reactors (SMRs), with strict adherence to non-proliferation norms. Decommissioning challenges and cancer care needs were also discussed.

Date: Saturday, 23 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-discusses-nuclear-energy-and-technology-in-iraq-11622820

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has discussed nuclear safety and security at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He also held talks with Rosatom's director general and Russian diplomatic and military representatives.

Date: Thursday, 07 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-s-Grossi-holds-talks-with-Rosatom-chiefs-in-S

In his latest update on the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said powerful explosions had shaken windows at the site, “underlining the urgent need for maximum military restraint to reduce the danger of a nuclear accident as the conflict enters its third year”.

Date: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-call-for-maximum-restraint-as-explosions-rock-ukraine-nuclear-plant-11551598

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) have not yet been given access to the reactor halls of units 1, 2 & 6, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in his latest update. He noted that this is hindering their ability to monitor the nuclear safety and security situation at the plant.

Date: Thursday, 18 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-continues-to-demand-access-to-zaporizhia-reactor-halls-11442916

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says a new system to ensure an immediate supply of back-up electricity if the main external line fails is a significant safety development - but has also outlined a list of areas of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant its experts want to inspect.

Date: Friday, 05 January 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-update-on-situation-at-Zaporizhzhia-nuclear-p

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) lost off-site power for the first time since May, and had to rely on emergency diesel generators for nearly five hours at the weekend, prompting renewed safety concerns amid the on-going war.

Date: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-suffers-eighth-power-bl