"NUCLEAR SAFETY"

Following last week’s intercontinental ballistic missile launching drill by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the UN top official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas warned the Security Council that the country “has clearly stated its intention to continue pursuing its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED

At around 5 am local time, Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, in Ukraine, lost all off-site power and has since been running on emergency diesels, the Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, informed. 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 UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that in Ukraine, humanitarian access to areas under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation has become increasingly unpredictable and difficult to achieve. UNIFEED

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

Speaking to journalists in Kyiv, UN Atomic Agency (IAEA) Director General Mariano Grossi said the idea is to maintain the presence of IAEA experts in Ukraine as long as the government considers it appropriate. 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

War leaving invisible scars for Ukrainians, Under-Secretary-General tells Security Council, noting one fourth of population will develop mental-health condition.

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