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Russia’s atomic grab in Ukraine corners international monitors

Russia’s plunder of the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe risks undercutting efforts to establish a security zone around the reactors and has narrowed the room for diplomacy with international monitors, according to analysts.

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Putin Tells IAEA's Grossi that Situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant ‘of Concern’

Russian President Vladimir Putin told International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi on Tuesday that the situation around Ukraine's Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is "of concern". At a meeting in St Petersburg shown on Russian state television, Putin told Grossi, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin tells IAEA's Grossi that situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant "of concern"

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday told International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi that the situation around Ukraine's Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is "of concern".

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Explainer-What are the risks to Ukraine's nuclear reactors in war

Repeated shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has raised the possibility of a grave accident just 500 km (300 miles) from the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Reuters

Thunberg: Burning coal is worse than German nuclear plants

Climate activist Greta Thunberg says it would be “a mistake” for Germany to switch off its nuclear power plants if that means burning more planet-heating coal

The Independent UK

Russia kidnapped deputy head of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukraine says

A deputy head of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been kidnapped by Russian forces and is being detained in an unknown location, Ukraine's state nuclear energy company Energoatom said on Tuesday.

Reuters

UK nuclear body backs small modular reactor plan in Wales

Britain's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said on Tuesday it had agreed to work with the Welsh government to develop a small scale nuclear power project in Trawsfynydd, North Wales.

Reuters

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Austria sues EU executive over green label for gas, nuclear

Austria says it has filed a legal complaint with the European Union’s top court over plans by the bloc’s executive branch to label natural gas and nuclear power generation as sustainable energies

The Independent UK

Power is back at Europe's largest nuclear plant. IAEA warns the situation can't last

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine went offline over the weekend after Russian shelling damaged the last remaining outside power source.

WEKU

Ukraine nuclear plant reconnected to grid after line was cut

The U.N. nuclear watchdog says an external power line to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, has been repaired after shelling disconnected the facility from the grid and forced it to resort to emergency diesel generators

The Independent UK

‘Energy-rich Scotland will take no lectures from the PM on the security of our nation’s power supply’

DEPUTY First Minister John Swinney will today reject any proposals to build new nuclear power stations north of the Border, saying Scotland should…

The National (Scotland)

Truss call for Scottish nuclear power is to make up for UK mistakes – Swinney

The Prime Minister previously said she wanted to see nuclear power stations built in Scotland.

The Independent UK

Ukraine nuclear power plant loses its final external power link

It is now relying on emergency diesel generators for cooling and safety functions but these can only last 10 days

Wales Online

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzia’s nuclear plant ‘needs urgent protection’ as last power supply cut

‘Resumption of shelling is tremendously irresponsible,’ head of UN nuclear watchdog says

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Salon

Is Zaporizhzhya the next Chernobyl?

In 1986, a nuclear calamity that helped bring down the Soviet empire began in Ukraine. Could it happen again?

Reuters

Four IAEA specialists to visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant on Friday - Interfax

A four-member team of IAEA experts is due to arrive at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Friday to replace the previous team of two specialists from the agency, Interfax reported on Friday citing Russian-installed authorities.

ABC News

One Nation's Mark Latham said just 0.17 per cent of Australians are transgender. Here's what we found.

The One Nation MP used the latest census data to claim transgender people are over-represented in public debate. But a lack of "meaningful data" means the size of Australia's transgender population remains unknown.

Al Jazeera

No nuclear power ‘renaissance’ as Europe wrestles energy crisis

Russian invasion of Ukraine sparks incremental shifts in divisive issue, but no major pivot seven months into fighting.

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IAEA chief says Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is Ukrainian

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog described the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station as Ukrainian on Thursday, challenging President Vladimir Putin's assertion that the plant is now part of Russia.

The Hindu

India willing to do whatever it can to facilitate solution to Ukraine crisis: S. Jaishankar in New Zealand

External Affairs Minister also talked about India's aspiration to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council

France 24

Ukraine has retaken more than 500 square km in Kherson region, Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Kyiv’s forces have recaptured more than 500 square kilometres of territory in the southern Kherson region since October 1. The retaken land includes nearly 30 towns and villages that Russian forces had occupied for months, a spokeswoman for Ukraine’s southern army command said.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Rockets Slam into Ukrainian City near Nuclear Plant

Seven Russian rockets slammed into residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia before dawn Thursday, killing two people and trapping at least five in the city close to Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, the governor of the mostly Russian-occupied region said. The strikes came just hours after Ukraine's president announced that the country's…

The Independent UK

Russian rockets slam into Ukrainian city near nuclear plant

A regional leader says seven Russian rockets have slammed into residential buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing two people and trapping at least five in the city close to Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Putin must lose or he will invade other European countries, Zelenskiy says – as it happened

Ukraine’s president makes comments during address to other European leaders

ABC News

Ukraine war latest: Russian missile razes Ukraine apartment block, Putin orders Russian nuclear plant takeover

A missile attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia leaves people buried under the rubble, while Vladimir Putin orders a state-controlled nuclear operator to take over running Europe's largest nuclear power plant.

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