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Iran defies Western powers with work on near weapons-grade uranium

Iran has defied Western powers by converting some of its uranium enriched to near weapons-grade into a form less easily recovered, diluted and shipped out of the country, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Wednesday showed.

Reuters

Chernobyl nuclear plant in 'new accident' fears as staff 'held at gunpoint' by Russian forces

The mayor of a town near to the nuclear power plant warned of a 'complete catastrophe' as food and fuel supplies come close to running out.

Daily Record

Chernobyl 'in danger of new nuclear catastrophe with 100 staff hostage at gunpoint'

Reports warned of a 'complete catastrophe' as food and fuel supplies run out - including emergency generators for back up control of the plant's safety systems

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Zaporizhzhia: Russia detonated explosives at damaged Ukrainian nuclear plant, IAEA told

Chernobyl re-connected to national electricity grid, Ukrainian regulators tell international agency

The Independent UK

Ukraine tells IAEA Russia preventing it from answering Chernobyl questions

Russia's control of radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl is limiting the flow of information out of them such that Ukraine cannot fully answer all the International Atomic Energy Agency's questions, the Ukrainian nuclear regulator has told the IAEA.

Reuters

IAEA head Rafael Grossi: 'The risk of a nuclear accident in Ukraine needs to be excluded'

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), spoke to FRANCE 24 about the serious concerns regarding the safety of Ukraine’s 15 nuclear plants following Russia’s invasion. Grossi said he has had constructive talks with the warring sides, who both agree that “something needs to be done”…

France 24

What is potassium iodide? The drug is in demand as Russia’s invasion stokes radiation fears

Potassium iodide has become a hot commodity as the war in Ukraine raises fears of global nuclear conflict

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Power Restored at Ukraine’s Chernobyl

Power has been restored at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power station, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, the International Atomic Energy Agency said late Monday. Separately, Ukraine's state nuclear operator Energoatom accused the Russian military of detonating ammunition at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in the country's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Thousands evacuated from Sumy

Russia-Ukraine news from March 15: Red Cross evacuates several thousand civilians from Sumy, northeastern Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine: Chernobyl powerline damaged by Russian forces just a day after electricity restored

The power line supplying the Chernobyl nuclear plant has been damaged by Russian forces just a day after it was repaired, Ukraine’s state power company has claimed.

Evening Standard

Ukraine latest updates: 2,187 residents killed in Mariupol

Ukraine news from March 13: About 100 aerial bombs have been dropped on Mariupol as Russian forces blockade the city.

Al Jazeera

Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plants Being Run by Ukrainian Staff, Says Russia

The Ukrainian nuclear power plants at Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia, both now under the control of Russian forces, are being run and managed by their Ukrainian staff, Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom said on Saturday, according to the RIA news agency. Rosatom's statement said an external power supply was being restored…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine claims Russia is ‘planning man-made disaster’ at Chernobyl amid fears over nuclear sites

Russian forces will blame the attack on Ukraine, intelligence officials warned

The Independent UK

Latest Ukraine updates: Moscow threatens Western arms shipments

Ukraine-Russia news from March 12: Moscow says arms shipments to Ukraine ‘legitimate targets’, intensifies Kyiv attacks.

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What nuclear energy has to do with nuclear war

Nuclear weapons have been branded as 'bad' and nuclear energy as 'good', and it's impacting our abilities to notice the material threats Ukraine is facing, argues Dr Karly Burch.

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What we know about Chernobyl since Russia took control of the site after invading Ukraine

Russian forces have been in control of the defunct Chernobyl site since its invasion of Ukraine began, prompting concerns about the defunct nuclear site's safety.

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: UN stresses ‘urgent’ need for talks

Ukraine-Russia news from March 11: UN says it is not aware of Ukraine biological weapons programme.

Daily Mirror

'Growing issue' with nuclear safety in Ukraine as Chernobyl remains in 'blackout'

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said there is no confirmation that power has been restored at Chernobyl

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Fears as Europe's biggest nuclear plant goes offline - hours after Chernobyl cut off

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant going off the grid comes as just yesterday the Russians also disconnected Chernobyl nuclear power plant, igniting fear at the site

Evening Standard

Nuclear safety watchdog loses contact with Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine after capture by Russian forces

The world’s nuclear safety watchdog has lost contact with the captured Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine, just hours after warning of a potential disaster in Chernobyl.

The Independent UK

Nuclear watchdog loses contact with second Ukraine plant as Zaporizhzhia goes ‘offline’

Transmission of data from systems installed to monitor nuclear material disrupted, says International Atomic Energy Agency

Asharq Al-Awsat

IAEA: Chernobyl Power Cut, Transmission Lost at Europe’s Largest Atomic Plant

Power has been cut to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine said Wednesday, but the UN's atomic watchdog said there was "no critical impact on safety". The news from the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster came as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said data transmission was also lost…

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Kyiv mayor says half the city has fled

Russia-Ukraine news from March 10: Kyiv’s mayor says nearly two million people have left the capital since invasion.

Reuters

U.N. nuclear watchdog loses touch with monitoring equipment at Ukraine power plant

The United Nations nuclear watchdog has lost touch with its remote systems that monitor nuclear material at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, it said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What's behind latest scare at Chernobyl plant?

When fighting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulted in power cuts to the critical cooling system at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, fears arose that spent nuclear fuel would overheat

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