"NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS"

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has started “the real negotiation” to create a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, in Ukraine, the agency’s Director-General informed. UNIFEED

Addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG), Director-General Mariano Grossi said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is “untenable” and called for “the urgent establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone.” IAEA

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi’s statement on serious situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. IAEA

Marking International Day Against Nuclear Tests, General Assembly speakers call for universal adherence of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Marking International Day Against Nuclear Tests, General Assembly speakers call for universal adherence of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Zaporizhzhia plant must have security protection zone around it to avoid nuclear catastrophe, International Atomic Energy Agency Director warns Security Council.

Military actions with even the smallest potential to jeopardize nuclear safety or security must stop immediately, said IAEA’s chief. “These actions could lead us to serious consequences,” he added. UNIFEED

Dr. Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), briefs the press on how the CTBT is contributing to the three pillars of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and provides his views on the many security and other benefits derived from the Treaty, including the civil and scientific applications of the International Monitoring System (IMS) data that are already helping to save lives.

The Chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, said the situation in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine is “really a volatile one,” and explained that the Agency has not been able to access the plant as “it requires the understanding and the cooperation of a number of actors.” UNIFEED

After arriving at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi said this was “not only a symbolic visit,” and noted that “there is a lot of work to be done after the occupation of this plant.” IAEA