Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) suffered a complete loss of external power for 11 hours today, forcing it to rely on emergency diesel generators for reactor cooling and other essential nuclear safety and security functions in the latest incident underlining the urgent need to protect Europe’s largest such facility, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.
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Before we start this agenda item I want to report that this morning at around 5am local-time Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant lost all off-site power when its last remaining 750 kilovolt line was disconnected, its only remaining back up 330 kilovolt line having been damaged a few days ago and under repai
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A long-delayed rotation of International Atomic Energy Agency experts was carried out at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) today, ending an impasse that had complicated the IAEA’s efforts to support nuclear safety and security during the military conflict in the country, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.
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The sound of artillery fire near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and the temporary loss of its only remaining back-up power line have again underlined persistent nuclear safety and security risks during the military conflict in the country, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, said today.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a report today on Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine, covering the period between February 2022 and February 2023. The 52-page report provides an overview of the situation and the IAEA’s activities to reduce the likelihood of a nuclear accident during the armed conflict.
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