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Iran and the UN nuclear agency are still discussing how to implement a 2023 deal on inspections

May. 07, 2024 13:48 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran and the United Nations' nuclear watchdog are still negotiating over how to implement a deal struck last year to expand inspections of the Islamic Republic's rapidly advancing atomic program, officials said Tuesday. The acknowledgment by the International...

The UN nuclear watchdog chief travels to Iran as its monitoring remains hampered

May. 06, 2024 10:19 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of the United Nations' atomic watchdog traveled Monday to Iran, where his agency faces increasing difficulty in monitoring the Islamic Republic's rapidly advancing nuclear program as tensions remain high in the wider Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war. ...

The UN's nuclear watchdog chief will visit Iran next week as concerns rise about uranium enrichment

May. 01, 2024 07:41 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran next week as Tehran's nuclear program enriches uranium a step away from weapons-grade levels and international oversight remains limited, officials said Wednesday. Rafael Mariano Grossi's visit...

IAEA team inspects treated radioactive water release from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant

Apr. 24, 2024 10:14 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — A team of experts from the U.N. nuclear agency inspected the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Wednesday for a review of its discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific. The International Atomic Energy Agency inspection was part of a...

IAEA warns that attacks on a nuclear plant in Russian-controlled Ukraine put the world at risk

Apr. 15, 2024 18:23 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and Ukraine on Monday traded blame before the United Nations Security Council for the attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said have put the world “dangerously close to a nuclear accident.” ...

Operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant prepares to restart another plant

Apr. 15, 2024 09:18 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said on Monday that it has obtained permission from safety regulators to start loading atomic fuel into a reactor at its only operable plant in north-central Japan, which it is keen to restart for the first...

UN atomic watchdog says the status of Russian-occupied Ukraine nuclear plant is 'extremely serious'

Apr. 09, 2024 09:45 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine on Tuesday posed no direct threat to its safety but underscored the “extremely serious situation” at the facility that repeatedly has been caught in the war 's crossfire, the...

Ukraine and Russia trade fresh accusations of targeting a major nuclear power plant

Apr. 08, 2024 10:59 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are trading fresh accusations over renewed threats to Europe’s largest nuclear plant that has been caught up in the war, with Moscow alleging Ukraine was behind drone attacks on the facility that were witnessed by U.N. inspectors and Kyiv accusing Russia...

Attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increase accident risk, IAEA head says

Apr. 08, 2024 05:21 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency on Sunday condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, saying such attacks “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident." ...

IAEA head says drone attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increases risk of major accident

Apr. 07, 2024 16:06 PM EDT
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — IAEA head says drone attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increases risk of major accident.