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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Director General Rafael Grossi will brief the UN Security Council on his proposals for safeguarding Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) on 30 May. “Grossi is planning to brief the UN Security Council on the nuclear safety and security situation” during a meeting chaired by Switzerland, according to a statement sent by the Agency to AFP.

Date: Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstension-mounts-in-run-up-to-un-security-council-meeting-on-zaporizhia-npp-10893171

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Grossi has visited the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) at the head of a delegation of 11 people including three inspectors who arrived at the station to relieve the existing resident IAEA Support & Assistance Mission to Zaporizhia (ISAMZ) team at the plant. The delegation also included seven representatives of the UN Department of Safety & Security.

Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaeas-grossi-visits-zaporizhia-npp-10719337

A senior Russian diplomat says that talks on a security zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "are losing momentum" while Ukraine's energy minister says that diplomatic steps to return it to Ukraine have "reached a dead end".

Date: Wednesday, 08 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Doubts-raised-over-Zaporizhzhia-safety-zone-prospe

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is expected in Russia this week for more talks on establishing a safety and security zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Date: Tuesday, 07 February 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-chief-to-hold-fresh-Zaporizhzhia-talks,-Ukrai

Russia is building protective structures to shield the used fuel storage facility at the Zaporizhzhia NPP (ZNPP). This is according to Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of Zaporozhye, who posted a short video of the work that’s taking place on his Telegram channel. It showed technicians setting up shields over the tanks that hold used nuclear fuel. The dome is designed to protect the storage facilities from shrapnel and improvised explosive devices carried by drones, he explained, adding that it would be further reinforced further at a later period. The video showed workers mounting a screen of transparent sheeting on wires above dozens of concrete cylinders about 5 metres high.

Date: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsprotective-covering-for-used-fuel-storage-underway-at-zaporizhzhia-10447290

The Russian president's press secretary Dmitry Peskov denied Ukrainian suggestions that Russian forces were preparing to withdraw from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Date: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russia-rejects-claims-it-plans-to-leave-Zaporizhzh

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks were arranged as part of efforts to establish a safety and security zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Date: Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-s-Grossi-hold-talks-with-Russian-president

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 14-member Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhia (ISAMZ) team of experts arrived at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia NPP on the morning of 1 September after being delayed for several hours by shelling near the site. The IAEA said on Twitter that the team had arrived at the plant “to conduct indispensable nuclear safety and security and safeguards activities”. Reuters said its reporter saw the team arrive in a large convoy with a heavy presence of Russian soldiers nearby. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of trying to sabotage the team’s visit to the NPP, which is controlled by Russian forces but operated by Ukrainian staff. 

Date: Friday, 02 September 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-team-begins-inspection-of-zaporizhzhia-npp-grossi-leaves-after-a-few-hours-9971589