zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said that shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant could trigger a retaliatory response against Ukraine at the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi.
IAEA Demands That Russia De-occupy Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine welcomed this decision. The General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has adopted a resolution on nuclear safety in Ukraine. Sixty-two member states voted in favor. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Energy. The document calls on […]
The IAEA team stationed at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) reported hearing explosions and seeing smoke from a nearby area after one of the plant’s auxiliary facilities was reportedly struck. This was reported according to Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. Zaporizhzhia NPP officials told the IAEA that the facility was hit by shelling and drones starting around 9 a.m. […]
Russia has agreed not to start up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant until the end of the war, according to the IAEA. The temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant cannot be restarted until the war ends, as long as the threat to nuclear safety remains. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assures that the Russian Federation has agreed to this. […]
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been relying on a single power transmission line for more than a week to supply the electricity needed to perform essential nuclear safety functions. The plant’s only backup 330 kV power line was disconnected on May 7, leaving it fully dependent on the sole operational 750 kV line. The IAEA reported that the damage […]
On March 26, the Russians sentenced Serhiy Potyng, an employee of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from the temporarily occupied city of Enerhodar, to 19 years in prison. This was reported by the mayor of Enerhodar, Dmytro Orlov. The man was found guilty of fabricated terrorism charges and sentenced to imprisonment in a strict regime colony, the official stated. Serhiy […]
The IAEA urges Russia to immediately de-occupy the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and return the facility to Ukraine’s control. The IAEA has approved a resolution titled Nuclear Safety, Security, and Safeguards in Ukraine, which states that Ukrainian nuclear power plants, including the Zaporizhzhia NPP, must operate under Ukraine’s full sovereign control, the Ministry of Energy reported. “The IAEA calls for […]
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is once again in a high-risk danger zone. “Energoatom” reports that yesterday, Russian forces damaged the power supply line of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, which connects the plant to Ukraine’s energy system and supplies it with power for its own needs. Currently, the plant is connected to the Ukrainian energy system by only one power transmission line. […]