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☆ Iran's Khamenei says 'nothing wrong' with a nuclear deal with West
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Parisa Hafezi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visits the Iranian centrifuges in Tehran, Iran June 11, 2023. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File PhotoDUBAI, June 11 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader said on Sunday that a deal with the West over Tehran's nuclear work was possible if the country's nuclear infrastructure remained intact, amid a stalemate between Tehran and Washington to revive a 2015 nuclear pact. "There is nothing wrong with the agreement (with the West), but the infrastructure of our nuclear industry should not be touched," Khamenei said, according to state media. Echoing Iran's official stance for years, Khamenei said the Islamic Republic has never sought to build a nuclear bomb. Khamenei, who has the last say on all state matters such as Iran's nuclear programme, said the country's nuclear authorities should continue working with the U.N. nuclear watchdog "under the framework of safeguards".

Persons: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's, Khamenei, Donald Trump, Parisa Hafezi, Alex Richardson, David Holmes, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Iranian, West Asia News Agency, REUTERS, West, International Atomic Energy, IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency, Thomson Locations: Tehran, Iran, DUBAI, Washington, Islamic Republic

☆ Zelenskyy says 'counteroffensive, defensive actions' taking place in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a press conference during the European Political Community (EPC) Summit in Bulboaca, on June 1, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that counteroffensive and defensive actions were underway against Russian forces, asserting that his top commanders were in a "positive" mindset as their troops engaged in intense fighting along the front line. Zelennsky said that "the counteroffensive, defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine. This is a nuclear power plant's safest operating mode. Energoatom employees are still working at the power plant, although it remains controlled by the Russians.

Persons: Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Justin Trudeau, Vladimir Putin's, Zelennsky, Trudeau, Energoatom, Natalia Humeniuk, Oleh Syniehubov, Dmytro Lunin, Lunin, Ruslan Strilets, Oleksandr Prokudin, Prokudin, Martin Griffiths, Olaf Scholz, Putin —, —, Scholz, Putin Organizations: Political, Russian, Canadian, Putin, Ukraine, Ukraine's, Staff, International Atomic Energy Agency, Emergency Service, Gov, Associated Locations: Ukraine, Bulboaca, Canada, Moscow, Ukraine's, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian, Russian, Odesa, Kharkiv, Poltava, Russia

☆ A.I. or Nuclear Weapons: Can You Tell These Quotes Apart?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Ian Prasad Philbrick | Tom Wright-Piersanti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

executives have likened their product to nuclear energy. creators’ calls for national and international regulation — much as scientists called for guardrails governing nuclear arms in the 1950s. The creators of this technology are telling us we need to pay attention.”Not every expert thinks the comparison fits. and nuclear energy, has upsides and risks. or nuclear technology.

Persons: “, ’, ”, Rachel Bronson, Julian Togelius Organizations: Atomic Scientists

☆ Sam Altman says he worries making ChatGPT was 'something really bad' given potential AI risks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Spriha Srivastava | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sam Altman said he worried creating ChatGPT was "something really bad" given the risks AI poses. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has admitted to losing his sleep over the dangers of his creation ChatGPT. In a conversation during a recent trip to India, Sam Altman said he worries the over the idea that he may have done "something really bad" by creating ChatGPT, which was released in November and sparked a surge of interest in AI. The risks are highA number of tech leaders and government officials have raised concerns about the pace of development of AI platforms. Earlier this month, Altman was among more than 350 scientists and tech leaders who signed a statement expressing deep concern over AI risks.

Persons: Sam Altman, Satyan Gajwani, Altman, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak Organizations: Times Internet, Morning, Economic Times, Life Institute, Elon, Apple Locations: New Delhi, Israel, Jordan, Qatar, UAE, India, South Korea

[1/3] A view shows the Nova Kakhovka dam that was breached in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the Kherson Region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 6, 2023. What is the dam, what happened - and what do we not know? THE KAKHOVKA DAMThe dam, part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, is 30 metres (98 feet) tall and 3.2 km (2 miles) long. The dam bridged the Dnipro River, which forms the front line between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the south of Ukraine. Creation of the 2,155 sq km (832 sq mile) Kakhovka reservoir in Soviet times forced around 37,000 people to be moved from their homes.

Persons: Alexey Konovalov, Josef Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Peskov, Vladimir Rogov, Maxar, Rafael Grossi, Grossi, Guy Faulconbridge, Michael Perry, Peter Graff, Jon Boyle Organizations: REUTERS, TASS, Nova, International Atomic Energy Agency, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kherson Region, Russian, Soviet, Dnipro, Ukrainian, Crimea, Salt, U.S ., Utah, Zaporizhzhia, Nova Kakhovka, Kherson, CRIMEA, Crimean

The flooding has already killed 300 animals at the Nova Kakhovka zoo, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. Satellite images show a close-up view of the Nova Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power facility before and after the dam collapse on June 6, 2023. Satellite images show homes along the Dnipro River before and after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapsed. Several Ukrainian regions that receive some of their water supply from the reservoir of the Nova Kakhovka dam are making efforts to conserve water. Local residents carry their personal belongings on a flooded street after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapsed, in Kherson, Ukraine, on June 6.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Ihor Syrota, ” Syrota, ” Olena, Alina Smutko, Ruslan Strilets, Strilets, António Guterres, Vladyslav Musiienko, Martin Griffiths, Griffiths, ” Griffiths, Zelensky, Oleksandr Prokudin, Maxar Technologies Griffiths, Mohammad Heidarzadeh, Heidarzadeh, Vladimir Saldo, Rafael Grossi, ” Grossi Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Reserve, Nova, Ukrainian Defense Ministry . United Nations, ”, UN Security, Dnipro, Maxar, Maxar Technologies, University of Bath, Science Media, Russian Foreign Ministry, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, UN Locations: Nova, Ukraine, Russian, Kyiv, Moscow, Russia, Dnipro, Kherson, Reuters Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia, England, Dnipropetrovsk, Kryvyi

☆ Mines are being swept away in the floodwaters and exploding after a key dam in Ukraine was destroyed
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Paul Squire | Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An explosion at a dam in Ukraine caused a flood that is submerging towns downstream. Ukrainian officials warned that mines are being swept away by the flood. Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up Kakhovka dam to cause havoc and slow a military attack. The Kakhovka Dam is located upstream of Kherson. Russian officials, meanwhile, blamed Ukraine for the sabotage.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrhydroenergo, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Emergency Service, International Atomic Energy Agency Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Ukraine's, Dnipro, Kyiv, Kherson, Crimea, Ukrainian, Europe

☆ Germany's Scholz: Kakhovka dam breach in line with Putin's aggression
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, June 6 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam was in line with Russia's escalating violence in Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategy of attacking civilian targets. This makes it all the more important that Germany continues to support Ukraine for as long as necessary, he added. Scholz also said Germany was watching the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant with concern following the destruction of the dam, which supplies water to the plant. "All we can say about Zaporizhzhia is that we are monitoring this all the time," Scholz said. Ukrainian and Russian forces have blamed each other for the breach, which unleashed millions of litres of water, threatening scores of villages and cutting off water supplies.

Persons: Olaf Scholz, Vladimir Putin's, Putin, Scholz, Miranda Murray, Rachel More, Ed Osmond Organizations: WDR, International Atomic Energy Agency, Twitter, Thomson Locations: BERLIN, Nova, Ukraine, Russian, Germany

☆ Video shows floods pouring into southern Ukraine's war zone after a major dam was blown up, sparking a new flashpoint in the war
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Kakhovka dam was destroyed on Tuesday, releasing a flood of water into southern Ukraine. Footage shows torrents of water from the Kakhovka Reservoir draining rapidly into the Dnipro River. "The Russian occupation troops destroyed the Kashkova hydroelectric station," said the Southern Command of Ukraine's forces on its Facebook page. The Kakhovka Reservoir holds around 18.2 cubic kilometers of water, or 4 trillion gallons. The Kakhovka Reservoir also supplies water to millions of people in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.

Persons: —, Vladimir Leontyev, Leontyev, Vladimir Solovyov, Mark Hertling, Hertling, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he's, Oleksandr Prokudin Organizations: Service, Southern Command, Kremlin, International Atomic Energy Agency, United States Army, US Seventh Army, Cornucopia, National Security and Defense Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Kherson, Dnipro, Novaya Kakhovka, Crimea, United States Army Europe, Kyiv, Swedish, Moscow, Ukrainian, Geneva

☆ Situation at nuclear plant under control after dam blast - Ukraine atomic agency
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, June 6 (Reuters) - The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine poses a threat to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, but the situation at the facility is under control, Ukraine's state atomic power agency said on Tuesday. The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said on Twitter it was closely monitoring the situation but that there was "no immediate nuclear safety risk at (the) plant" which is also in southern Ukraine. It said the water level of the Kakhovka Reservoir was rapidly lowering, posing an "additional threat" to the Russian-occupied facility - Europe's largest nuclear power plant - which both sides have blamed one another for shelling. "Water from the Kakhovka Reservoir is necessary for the station to receive power for turbine capacitors and safety systems of the ZNPP (Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant)," Energoatom said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. "Currently, the situation at the ZNPP is under control, Ukrainian personnel are monitoring all indicators," it said.

Persons: Energoatom, Dan Peleschuk, Timothy Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency, Twitter, Russian, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Russia

☆ Russia says no threat 'for now' to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after dam breach
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander ErmochenkoMOSCOW, June 6 (Reuters) - Russia's state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom said on Tuesday that the breach of a dam in southern Ukraine did not pose a threat to the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant for now where it said the situation was being monitored. Yury Chernichuk, director of the Russian-controlled power station, said in a statement on the Telegram messaging application that the situation at the nuclear plant was stable. "At the moment there are no threats to the safety of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Five units are in "cold shutdown" state, 1 in "hot shutdown" state.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko MOSCOW, Rosatom, Yury Chernichuk, Chernichuk, Andrew Osborn Organizations: REUTERS, Russian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, Russian, Moscow, Ukraine's Kherson, floodwater

Extensive flooding inundated villages and swept away structures after a dam was destroyed in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, according to local officials and imagery of the aftermath. In the town of Antonivka, about 40 miles downriver from the Kakhovka dam, residents looked on in horror at the roiling coffee-colored floodwaters released by its destruction. About 4,000 residents remained there before the flooding on Tuesday, out of a prewar population of about 13,000. Ukraine and Russia blamed each other for the attack on the dam, which is in Russian-held territory. In Nova Kakhovka, the city immediately next to the destroyed dam, the City hall and the Palace of Culture were inundated.

Organizations: Planet Labs PBC, Institute, American, Google, UKRAINE, RUSSIA, BY, BY UKRAINE Dnipro, Local, Kakhovka, Reuters, International Atomic Energy Agency Locations: Ukraine, UKRAINE UKRAINE, Dachi Kherson, Kherson, RUSSIA Stara Zbur’ivka, UKRAINE, RUSSIA, Kardashynka Kherson, Black, Russian, Dnipro, Antonivka, BY UKRAINE, Oleshky, Salt Lake, Utah, Russia, City, Culture

☆ Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up dam to put a massive natural obstacle in the way of its counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A huge dam in Ukraine was breached on Tuesday, creating a natural disaster. Ukraine said Russia blew up the damn to try and hamper Ukraine's counteroffensive. An expert said the flood will make it harder to Ukraine to reach occupied territory over the Dnipro river. Podolyak's comment suggests he thinks Russia would struggle to keep Ukraine back without taking such action. Russia and Ukraine both warned earlier in the war that the other side may target the dam.

Persons: —, Mykhailo Podolyak, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Podolyak, Andrii Yermak, Sergey Radchenko, Vladimir Leontiev, Nova Kakhovka, Zelenskyy, Mustafa Nayyem, Oleksandr Prokudin, Yermak Organizations: Service, Twitter, Russia, BBC, Johns Hopkins School, International, Politico, Kremlin, NATO, Ukraine's State Agency for Restoration, Infrastructure Development, International Atomic Energy Agency Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Dnipro, Nova, Crimea, Kherson, Europe

☆ Nova Kakhova: Critical dam in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine near Kherson destroyed sparking region-wide evacuations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Helen Regan Jonny Hallam Josh Pennington Olga Voitovych Irene Nasser | Helen Regan | Jonny Hallam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“The Russians will be responsible for the possible deprivation of drinking water for people in the south of Kherson region and in Crimea, the possible destruction of some settlements and the biosphere,” he said. As of 10:00 a.m. local time, 742 people have been evacuated from the Kherson region, the ministry said. “We are helping citizens in the liberated west-bank part of the Kherson region. Around 16,000 people on the west bank of Kherson region are in a “critical zone,” Oleksandr Prokudin, the Ukraine-appointed head of the Kherson region military administration, said. It also supplies water for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which lies upstream and is also under Russian control.

Persons: Moscow’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, “, ”, Andriy Yermak, Charles Michel, Mykhailo Podolyak, Zelensky, Russia’s, Ihor, Oleksandr Prokudin, Nova Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontiev, ” Leontiev, Andrey Alekseenko, ” Alekseenko, Alekseenko, ‘, Natalia Humeniuk, Energoatom Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian, European, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ukraine, Internal, Ukraine’s National Police, Ukraine’s Ministry, Internal Affairs, Novosti, Emergency, International Atomic Energy, Maxar Technologies Locations: Ukraine, ”, Nova, Dnipro, Kherson, Ukraine’s Kherson, Russia, Ukrainian, Kherson region, Crimea, Moscow, Kyiv, Salt, Utah

☆ The destruction of a major Ukrainian dam could have grave consequences. Here’s what we know so far
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A partially flooded area of Kherson on June 6, 2023, following damage sustained at the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam. "The destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam only confirms for the whole world that they must be expelled from every corner of Ukrainian land. "As a result of detonation of the engine room from the inside, the Kakhovskaya [hydroelectric power plant] was completely destroyed. 'No immediate risk' to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plantThe U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said it was closely monitoring the situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's largest nuclear power station.

Persons: Dmitry Peskov, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Ukrhydroenergo, Nova Kakhovka, Peter Stano, Jens Stoltenberg, meanwhile, Rafael Grossi, Grossi, Carl Court Organizations: Anadolu Agency, Getty, Google, Tass, CNBC, NBC News, Internal Affairs Ministry, Afp, National Security and Defense Council, European Commission, Ukraine, European Union, NATO, Twitter, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Carl Locations: Russian, Ukraine's Kherson, Ukraine, Nova Kakhovka, Moscow, Nova, Crimean, Russia, Kherson, Ukrainian, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia

☆ Netanyahu convenes Iran war drill, scorns UN nuclear watchdog
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Israel has long maintained that for diplomacy to succeed, Iran must be faced with a credible military threat. The agency's capitulation to Iranian pressure is a black stain on its record," Netanyahu told his cabinet in televised remarks. After then U.S. President Donald Trump quit the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, Tehran ramped up uranium enrichment. In a 2012 U.N. speech, Netanyahu deemed 90% enrichment by Iran a "red line" that could trigger preemptive strikes. Focussing domestic attention on Iran might provide Netanyahu with respite from a months-long crisis over his proposals to overhaul Israel’s judiciary.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu ramped, U.N, Israel, Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Dan Williams, Angus MacSwan, Grant McCool Organizations: Iran's, UN, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Thomson Locations: Tehran, Iran, Israel, Tel Aviv, Syria, IRAN, Soviet, Vienna

☆ A Sam Altman-backed startup is betting it can crack the code on fusion energy. Here's how it's trying to bring that to the masses by 2028.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The race is on for clean energy company Helion Energy to build a fusion power plant capable of producing enough electricity for tech behemoth Microsoft in five years. Electromagnetic coils that will be used in Helion's seventh fusion energy prototype, Polaris. "But we've never been able to harness it on Earth in a way that we can produce electricity from it." A graphic explaining how Helion's fusion energy technology works. That means if something happens to the machine producing fusion energy, it will shut down immediately.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Scott Krisiloff, Helion, Krisiloff, Helion Krisiloff, we've, Helion's, Energy Krisiloff, It's Organizations: Helion Energy, Microsoft, Energy, behemoth Microsoft, Polaris, International Atomic Energy Agency, Fusion Locations: Helion

☆ Ukrainian drone sparks fire at Russian refinery - governor
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

MOSCOW/KYIV, May 31 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at an oil refinery in southern Russia and shelling hit a Russian town close to the border for the third time in a week, damaging buildings and setting vehicles ablaze, Russian officials said on Wednesday. The Afipsky refinery is not far from the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, near another refinery that has been attacked several times this month. There was no immediate information on who launched the drone but Moscow has accused Kyiv of increased attacks inside Russia in recent weeks, while Russia has repeatedly pounded Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles. Russian drone attacks killed one person and wounded four in Kyiv on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian officials. Civilian targets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities have since the earliest days of the war been struck repeatedly by Russian drones and missiles.

Persons: Veniamin Kondratyev, Vyacheslav Gladkov, Mykhailo Podolyak, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Karine Jean, Pierre, Rafael Grossi, Grossi, David Ljunggren, Guy Faulconbridge, Max Hunder, Olena Harmash, Pavel Polityuk, Valentyn Ogirenko, Gleb Garanich, Lidia Kelly, Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland, Stephen Coates, Robert Birsel Organizations: Kyiv, Residents, Civilian, Washington, Russian, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, . Security, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, KYIV, Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia's Krasnodar, Novorossiisk, Russian, Kyiv, Shebekino, Ukraine's Kharkiv, Ukraine's, Washington, United States, Zaporizhzhia

☆ Russia's War in Ukraine: Live Updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Anushka Patil | Nataliia Novosolova | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Frontline fighting has repeatedly damaged the facility, disrupted its power supply and contributed to a staffing crisis that is “not sustainable,” Mr. Grossi said on Tuesday. Even as Russia and Ukraine accused each other of causing damage and outages, Mr. Grossi largely avoided placing blame on either country while he sought to negotiate an agreement. Speaking after Mr. Grossi’s briefing, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., denounced Russia’s actions as a “clear escalation” of Moscow’s efforts to “undermine Ukrainian sovereignty and authority” over the plant. “And this undermines our ability to have confidence in the level of nuclear safety at the plant,” she said.

Persons: Rafael Mariano Grossi, Mr, Grossi, Grossi’s, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, ”, Sergiy Kyslytsya, Vassily Nebenzia, Julian Barnes Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency, . Security Locations: New York, Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, gunpoint, United States, U.S, Ukrainian, Russian

☆ South Korea experts say more study needed on Japan's nuclear water plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission Chairperson Yoo Guk-hee announce the results of their inspection of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant during a press conference at Government Complex Building in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's inspection team for... Read moreSEOUL, May 31 (Reuters) - South Korean nuclear safety experts who visited Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Wednesday that detailed analysis was needed to verify Japan's plan to release tonnes of contaminated water from it into the sea. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear station, about 220 km (130 miles) northeast of Tokyo, was destroyed by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in 2011, triggering three reactor meltdowns. The 21-member South Korean team had focused during its six-day trip on water purification, transport and release equipment, as well as sampling and analysis facilities. The International Atomic Energy Agency is also conducting a safety review of Japan's plan to release the water.

Persons: Yoo Guk, Japan's, Yoo, Yoon Suk Yeol, Fumio Kishida, Hyonhee Shin, Robert Birsel Organizations: Safety, Security, Nuclear Safety, Security Commission, South Korean, International Atomic Energy Agency, Thomson Locations: Seoul, South Korea, SEOUL, Fukushima, Tokyo, Japan

WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - Neither Russia nor Ukraine committed to respect five principles laid out by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi on Tuesday to try to safeguard Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Grossi, who spoke at the U.N. Security Council, has tried for months to craft an agreement to reduce the risk of a catastrophic nuclear accident from military activity like shelling at Europe's biggest nuclear power plant. "Mr. Grossi's proposals to ensure the security of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are in line with the measures that we've already been implementing for a long time," Russia's U.N. Western powers accused Russia, whose forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, of putting Zaporizhzhia at risk, with the United States demanding that Russia remove its weapons and civil and military personnel from the plant. Russia denies that it has military personnel at the power plant and it describes the war, which has killed thousands and reduced cities to rubble, as a "special military operation" to "denazify" Ukraine and protect Russian speakers.

Persons: Rafael Grossi, Grossi, Vassily Nebenzia, Sergiy Kyslytsya, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Daphne Psaledakis, Arshad Mohammed, Grant McCool Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ukraine's, . Security, U.S, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, United States, Moscow

☆ IAEA resolves nuclear issues with Iran - Iranian Media
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

DUBAI, May 30 (Reuters) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has resolved nuclear issues with Iran relating to one of three sites being investigated over the presence of uranium particles, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. The agency’s alleged case regarding the findings of uranium particles with 83.7 purity has also been closed, a source told the semi-official Mehr news agency. The IAEA is due to issue quarterly reports on Iran this week, ahead of a regular meeting of its 35-nation Board of Governors next week. Reporting by Dubai Newsroom, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Ukraine claims that Russia plans to fake a major nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhia power plant and force a ceasefire
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine claims Russia is planning to stage an accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. "Russians are preparing massive provocation and imitation of the accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in the nearest hours," the Ukrainian defense ministry's intelligence directorate said on social media on Friday. Fighting has continually raged around the power plant, and both Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for dangerous incidents of shelling hitting the site. The UN International Atomic Energy Agency has previously warned about the risks of "a severe nuclear accident" at the plant due to ongoing fighting. It was reported last week that Russian military forces had been enhancing defensive positions around the power plant ahead of the expected counteroffensive.

☆ Ukraine says Russia plans to simulate accident at nuclear plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 26 (Reuters) - Ukraine's defence ministry on Friday said Russia was planning to simulate a major accident at a nuclear power station controlled by pro-Moscow forces to try to thwart a long-planned Ukrainian counteroffensive to retake territory occupied by Russia. The Zaporizhzhia plant, which lies in an area of Russian-occupied southern Ukraine, is Europe's biggest nuclear power station and the area has been repeatedly hit by shelling that both sides blame each other for. The defence ministry's intelligence directorate said Russian forces would soon shell the plant and then announce a radiation leak. It said Russia had disrupted the planned rotation of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, who are based at the plant. In February, Russia said Ukraine was planning to stage a nuclear incident on its territory to pin the blame on Moscow.

☆ Russia-occupied nuclear plant in Ukraine cut off from power grid
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

May 22 (Reuters) - The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been cut off from its external power supply and is relying on emergency generators to cool nuclear fuel and prevent a disaster. Each side blamed the other for the power outage on Monday. A Russia-installed local official said Ukraine had disconnected a power line and Ukrainian state nuclear energy company Energoatom said the outage was caused by Russian shelling. Confirming the outage, the head of the United Nations nuclear energy watchdog said the "nuclear safety situation at the plant (is) extremely vulnerable." Energoatom said it was the seventh time power had been cut to the plant since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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