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The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution calling for the immediate return of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukrainian control - however Russia says the vote "went beyond the mandate of the board and the entire agency".

Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-governors-resolution-on-Zaporizhzhia-rejected

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

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has reiterated his call for "maximum restraint and strict observance" of the UN-backed safety principles at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant because of the "continued volatile situation".

Date: Friday, 23 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grossi-issues-fresh-call-for-restraint-around-Zapo

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has travelled across the military frontline to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant for a fourth time.

Date: Thursday, 08 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-s-Grossi-visits-Zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-pl

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says he will visit Ukraine, Russia and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant within the next two weeks, with one aim being to ascertain long-term plans for the plant, such as any proposal to restart units.

Date: Saturday, 27 January 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grossi-to-visit-Zaporizhzhia,-warns-against-compla

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says "a well-established maintenance plan and its timely implementation are essential to ensure plant safety and security" after its team at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant concluded, following on-site discussions, that there will not be "a comprehensive maintenance plan" implemented in 2024.

Date: Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-concern-over-maintenance-situation-at-Zaporiz

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

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts were told that security concerns meant they would not be going ahead with their planned access to the reactor rooftops at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on 19 December.

Date: Saturday, 23 December 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-continues-to-seek-reactor-rooftop-access-at-Z

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

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant say they heard what sounded like rockets "fired from a Multiple Launch Rocket System nearby" - it came on the same day the site lost connection to its main off-site power line.

Date: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-reports-rockets-fired-from-near-Zaporizhzhia