VIENNA – The International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday it has received reports of artillery shells damaging a nuclear research facility in Ukraine’s besieged second city Kharkiv, but there was no “radiological consequence”. The Vienna-based UN body said Ukrainian authorities reported an attack took place on Sunday, adding that no increase in radiation levels had … Read more
VIENNA – The head of the UN nuclear watchdog offered Friday to travel to Chernobyl to negotiate with Ukraine and Russia on ensuring the security of Ukraine’s nuclear sites. The offer came hours after Russian invasion forces seized control of Europe’s largest power plant at Zaporizhzhia after a battle with Ukrainian troops that caused a … Read more
Vienna – IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi stated Wednesday that Russia has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that its forces have gained control of the land around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine. Russian diplomats in Vienna told the IAEA that staff at the Zaporizhzhia facility, Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant, have resumed … Read more
