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In his latest update on the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP, IAEA  Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said the plant had lost all external power for several hours, underlining the extremely precarious nuclear safety and security situation at the facility and the urgent need to protect it and prevent an accident.

Date: Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newszaporozhia-npp-loses-external-power-for-several-hours-10876375

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant's reliance on a single functioning external power line, and two landmine explosions near the plant, mean it is "more important than ever to agree" safety measures for the site. 

Date: Saturday, 15 April 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Landmine-explosions-underline-need-for-Zaporizhzhi

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi was in the United States from 26-28 October to attend the IAEA’s International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century in Washington DC. During his visit, he also briefed the United Nations Security Council in New York on what he described as the “extremely fragile and dangerous” nuclear safety and security situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).

Date: Tuesday, 01 November 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-continues-to-press-for-zaporizhzhia-security-zone-and-plans-to-investigate-dirty-bomb-allegations-10133120

External power has been restored to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), a few hours after its connection to the grid was cut for a second time in less than a week, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said.

Date: Friday, 14 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssituation-at-zaporizhzhya-npp-remains-fragile-10082174

Ukrainian engineers restored external power to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on 9 October, a day after the facility lost the connection to its last remaining operating power line due to shelling, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.

Date: Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstensions-continue-at-zaporizhzhya-as-russia-assumes-control-10072010

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, has said he will engage in consultations with the relevant authorities following reports that Russia plans to supervise operations at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). Grossi plans to visit Kiev and later the Russian Federation, where he will also continue talks aimed at agreeing and implementing a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the ZNPP as soon as possible. The six-unit ZNPP is has been held by Russian forces since March but has continued to be operated by its Ukrainian staff. It has come under massive and repeated shelling since July. 

Date: Friday, 07 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsconflicting-claims-complicate-status-of-zaporizhzhia-npp-10064447

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”.

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.

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

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on 12 August that new shelling in the area of the Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia NPP (ZNPP) was further underlining major nuclear safety and security risks at Europe’s largest NPP. However, based on the information provided by Ukraine, IAEA experts noted that systems important for nuclear safety and security had not been affected. Nevertheless, renewed shelling at or near the ZNPP was deeply troubling for nuclear safety and security Grossi said.

Date: Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaeas-grossi-addresses-un-security-council-on-zaporizhzhia-9928438

The United Nations Security Council has held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation involving the Zaporozhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Here is a round-up of what was said at the meeting, which was called following shelling of the site over the past week.

Date: Saturday, 13 August 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/In-quotes-UN-Security-Council-discusses-Zaporizhzh