Vienna, June 6 (IANS) The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called for maximum military restraint and full adherence to the localised ceasefire, after Russian personnel were reportedly injured near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).The IAEA on Friday (local time) said it has been informed that some Russian military personnel were injured during Friday’s de-mining phase of the agreed localised ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.Earlier on Friday, the IAEA announced …
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Moscow, June 5 (IANS) Repair work has begun on a key external power line serving the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the plant’s operator said Friday.Specialists are restoring the 750-kilovolt Dniprovska transmission line, which has been disconnected since March 24. The operator said the work was made possible by a ceasefire aimed at protecting personnel working on energy infrastructure.The Dniprovska line is a critical part of the plant’s external power supply system. Its restoration i…
Moscow, May 31 (IANS) Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are inspecting the impact site of a Ukrainian drone at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), local media reported on Sunday.”IAEA experts are inspecting the damage caused by the Ukrainian drone strike on Unit 6 of the Zaporizhzhya NPP on May 30,” Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna, wrote on Facebook, Russia’s state-owned Tass news agency reported….
Vienna, May 31 (IANS) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi expressed serious concern over a reported drone strike on a turbine building at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), warning that attacks on nuclear facilities are “like playing with fire.”The IAEA said it had been informed by the ZNPP that a drone struck a turbine building at the facility earlier in the day, reportedly causing a hole in one of the building’s walls. The agency disclosed the inc…
Moscow, May 30 (IANS) A Ukrainian combat drone struck the turbine hall of Unit 6 of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) on Saturday afternoon, stated Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, local media reported.”This afternoon, a Ukrainian combat drone struck the turbine building of Unit 6, causing a subsequent detonation. The explosion did not damage the main equipment, but it did create a hole in the turbine wall. It’s noteworthy that the drone was controlled via fiber optics. This c…
Moscow, April 5 (IANS) Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun the main phase of evacuating staff from the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev said.A total of 198 Rosatom employees are being transported by bus toward the Iranian-Armenian border, Likhachev said.”We very much hope that within two to three days our colleagues will safely cross nearly the entire territory of Iran and return home to our country,” he said.Likhachev added that the…