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The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) has said it remains “deeply concerned” about the situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), noting that plant operators were “facing unprecedented challenges in carrying out day-to-day operations and maintaining nuclear safety standards”.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 28 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswano-expresses-concern-about-zaporizhzhia-npp-10122490

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhia (ISAMZ) set out for Ukraine on the evening of 29 August to ensure nuclear safety and security at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). Earlier that day IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi wrote on his Twitter page: "The IAEA support and assistance mission is already on its way to the Zaporizhzhia NPP. I am proud to be leading this mission, which will arrive at the ZNPP later this week.” He added that "it is necessary to protect the security of Ukraine and Europe's largest nuclear facility”.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-team-sets-out-to-zaporizhzhya-npp-in-ukraine-9964014

Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that renewed shelling in recent days caused additional damage in the area of the country’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), once again highlighting the serious nuclear safety and security risks facing the facility and underlining the urgent need for an IAEA expert mission to go there, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on 23 August.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 26 August 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-continues-to-press-for-visit-to-zaporizhzhya-npp-9953954

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, has renewed his urgent appeal for maximum military restraint in the area of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia NPP (ZNPP) following new signs of rising tension.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgrowing-concern-about-zaporizhzya-npp-sparks-international-diplomacy-9944011

Zelenskiy calls for Russia to ‘immediately and unconditionally’ withdraw forces from nuclear facility Ukraine and the UN have settled on a framework for a possible International Atomic Energy Agency mission to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station “via territory free from occupiers”, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced after talks with UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres and Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan.

Zelenskiy told a news conference after the talks in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv that Russia should immediately withdraw its forces and stop shelling from the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.

“We agreed with the secretary general the conditions of a possible mission by the IAEA to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, in a legal way, via territory free from occupiers,” Zelenskiy told reporters.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/kyiv-and-un-agree-on-possible-zaporizhzhia-mission-as-grossi-renews-appeal-for-military-restraint-8-1-2022