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The last operating reactor at Ukraine’s six unit Zaporizhzhia NPP (unit 6) was shut down on 11 September. The plant, which was taken over by Russian forces in March had continued to operate despite constant shelling, which continued even after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) established a permanent presence there following an inspection visit on 1 September. The plant continues to be operated by its original Ukrainian staff while Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom has some experts at the plant and Russia’s national guard provides security protection.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslast-reactor-shut-down-at-zaporizhia-npp-9996489

Russia has asked for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi to brief an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council about the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Meanwhile G7 foreign ministers have demanded Russia "hand back full control" of the plant "to its rightful sovereign owner, Ukraine".

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Thursday, 11 August 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/G7-demands-Russia-hand-over-Zaporizhzhia,-Russia-c

Energy commissioner calls for Russia to withdraw from site ‘without delay’ Russian forces captured the Zaporizhzhia facility in early March but it is still run by Ukrainian technicians. Image courtesy Energoatom. Europe’s energy commissioner Kadri Simson has joined condemnation of shelling at and around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, Europe’s largest commercial nuclear power facility, which she said has “caused significant damage to infrastructure, including near the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel within the nuclear power plant perimeter”.

“This reckless behaviour by the Russian military forces poses a great danger to the plant’s safe operation increasing significantly the risk of a nuclear accident and must not happen again,” Simson said in a statement.

While information obtained from the EU’s radioactivity monitoring systems and international sources does not indicate any increase of radioactivity in Ukraine or the EU nor any immediate radiation threat, military activities around nuclear power plants are “unacceptably dangerous”, Simson said. “The EU calls on Russia to ensure that repair works can be rapidly implemented and that the safety of the workers involved in them and in the operation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station is guaranteed.”

Source: Nucnet
Date: Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/eu-joins-condemnation-of-shelling-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-station-8-2-2022

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos on 24 and 25 May. Nuclear provides the opportunity for a faster transition to a low-carbon energy future and supports the shift to a hydrogen economy, he told participants. In an opinion piece on the WEF website, Grossi said that nuclear is gaining increasing support in the battle against climate change, that reaching net-zero carbon emissions will require a doubling of nuclear capacity, and that technology such as small modular reactors (SMRs) and used fuel repositories are increasing nuclear accessibility and safety.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 27 May 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaeas-grossi-at-davos-discusses-nuclear-power-iran-and-ukraine-9729661

Ukraine has provided the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with a comprehensive list of equipment which it says it needs for the safe and secure operation of its nuclear facilities during the current conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-receives-required-equipment-list-from-ukraine-9652167

The head of Ukrainian nuclear power operator Energoatom, Petro Kotin, has told EnergoBusiness that the Centralised Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF) in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is ready and could start accepting spent fuel.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Friday, 22 April 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ukraine-s-centralised-spent-fuel-storage-facility

After meetings in Turkey, Rafael Grossi says situation is ‘very dire and we need to move fast’ Mr Grossi confirmed there was still no contact with safeguards information from Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhya. Courtesy IAEA. Safeguards communications equipment at the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhya nuclear sites in Ukraine remains compromised, which means there is “a growing issue” related to where nuclear material is and what is happening to it, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

Speaking at a press conference on his return from what he called an “intensive day” of meetings with the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Russia in Antalya, Turkey, Rafael Grossi said “what we have is a degrading situation which is a concerning situation for us”.

He said the IAEA is not losing all information regarding nuclear material, but is losing a significant amount. “Safeguards is predicated on the basis of a constant monitoring capacity,” he said.

Mr Grossi confirmed that as of Thursday evening, there was still no contact with safeguards information from Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhya.

He said he could not confirm reports that Belarusian technicians have restored electricity to Chernobyl. He said communications with Chernobyl have been “a bit shaky” with interruptions and restorations at different times of the day.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Saturday, 12 March 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/iaea-chief-says-lack-of-safeguards-information-from-nuclear-plants-is-a-growing-issue-3-5-2022

Latest updates, 11 March:
• IAEA director general said Thursday's meetings showed both sides ready to work with the organisation
• Energoatom says Ukraine to switch to using Westinghouse rather than Russian fuel
• Nuclear power plants continue to operate in Ukraine, but concerns raised over conditions for workers
• IAEA and EBRD both 'concerned' by the situation at Chernobyl

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Saturday, 12 March 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Detailed-ideas-on-safety-measures-to-be-proposed

Power company Ukrenergo says hostilities making it impossible to restore power supply The Chernobyl nuclear station and all nuclear facilities in the exclusion zone have been left without electricity. Courtesy Chornobyl NPP. Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has called for a ceasefire to allow repairs to be carried out to restore the electricity supply to the Chernobyl nuclear power station and facilities within the 30-km exclusion zone around the shut-down facility.

Ukraine’s state power operator Energoatom earlier said Russian forces have disconnected the nuclear power station – which does not have any reactors in commercial operation – from the grid. The state-run company said a high-voltage line had been damaged by Russian forces and had been disconnected.

As a result, the Chernobyl station and all nuclear facilities in the exclusion zone were left without electricity, Energoatom said, warning that the situation could lead to the release of radioactive substances.

Energoatom said the loss of power “makes it impossible to control the parameters of nuclear and radiation safety at the plant”. Energy minister Herman Halushchenko confirmed safety data was no longer being received from the plant.

Earlier this week, Ukraine’s nuclear regulator SNRIU said safety and security parameters at Chernobyl were normal, but several neutron flux, gamma radiation dose rate and radiation pollution sensors at the New Safe Confinement (NSC) shelter failed, making it impossible to control a number of radiation parameters, Ukraine’s nuclear regulator SNRIU said.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 11 March 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/kyiv-calls-for-russian-ceasefire-to-allow-repairs-at-chernobyl-3-3-2022

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, held talks in Turkey with Ukraine's foreign minister and Russia's foreign minister and said "we are making progress on the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine". 

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Friday, 11 March 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-chief-in-Turkey-for-talks-on-Ukraine-nuclear

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