"NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS"

In an interview on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, spoke about the power plants in Ukraine, inspections in Iran, the latest on the Fukushima wastewater issue, and the safety of atomic energy. UNIFEED

On the commencement of the control release of water from Fukushima, IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said, “the independent sampling from the agency has been confirming that the levels of Tritium are well below the operational agreed standards.” IAEA

The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, told the agency’s Board of Governors that the international community “took a step in the right direction” to prevent a nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. IAEA

Warning the Security Council that the situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant “continues to be extremely fragile and dangerous”, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, listed five principles to help prevent a nuclear accident. UNIFEED

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said that “it is obvious that military activity is increasing” around the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, in Ukraine, and that “every possible measure and precaution should be taken so that it is not attacked and can be protected”. IAEA

The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said today that, for the agency, “the first priority in the world at this point in time is to avoid a nuclear accident with serious radiological consequences in a nuclear power plant that has been shelled several times.” IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Rafael Grossi called “to exclude nuclear facilities from any military action.” IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Rafael Grossi inaugurated the IAEA Support and Assistance Mission in Chornobyl (ISAMICH), site of the 1986 accident in northern Ukraine. IAEA

Teams of nuclear safety and security experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are being stationed at Ukraine’s nuclear power plants (NPPs) and the Chornobyl site this week. Their planned long-term presence at the facilities marks a major expansion in the IAEA’s efforts to help reduce the risk of a severe nuclear accident during the ongoing conflict in the country. IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Rafael Grossi urged the IAEA Board of Governors to support efforts to establish a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and said, “if we believe in nuclear safety and security, then your voices in support of this must be heard." IAEA