"NUCLEAR SAFETY"

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

Secretary-General António Guterres said that the unfolding situation in and around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine is “wholly unacceptable,” a UN spokesperson told reporters. UNIFEED / FILE

Situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant ‘very alarming’, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General tells Security Council.

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

Humanity’s just one misunderstanding away from ‘nuclear annihilation’, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns Member States gathered at the opening of the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been launched by WHO, WMO, UNEP, and ILO to help people protect themselves adequately. UNTV CH

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General said, “If this agency doesn't care when we have the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe disconnected from the safeguard systems, we better do something else. So, we are going to Zaporizhzhya as requested by Ukraine.” IAEA

Speaking about the levels of radiation at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said, “there was an increase, but this increase is still significantly below the authorized levels for workers in an environment with this type of radiation.” IAEA

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