Situation unstable: IAEA says shots were heard at Zaporizhzhia power plant

Attacks on nuclear power plants on agenda for National Academies panel - ExchangeMonitor

The National Academies’ Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board will discuss topics including the consequences of attacks on nuclear plants, during a two-day meeting starting May 15 in Washington, D.C. “The military threats to Ukrainian nuclear power plants as well as the Chernobyl shelter have raised renewed concerns about the vulnerability of these systems,” according to a preview of the board’s upcoming 46th meeting. “However, these are not new t…

An IAEA team working for BSEC recently visited NBC to discuss ongoing efforts at the site.

Update 289 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

Apr302025 Language English 34/2025 Vienna, Austria Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine English Ukraine Conflict Press Centre Director General Corner Ukrainian engineers and construction workers are carrying out temporary repairs of the Chornobyl site’s New Safe Confinement (NSC) that was severely damaged in a drone attack earlier this year, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…

Situation unstable: IAEA says shots were heard at Zaporizhzhia power plant

Artur Kryzhnyi — Friday, 25 April 2025,  IAEA experts at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant heard loud gunshots on 23 April near the main administrative building where their office is located. Source: IAEA press service Details: In addition, the IAEA team has heard explosions and gunshots at different distances from the plant almost every day over the past week. “What once seemed almost unthinkable – evidence of hostilities near a large nuclea…