International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says that its experts need to be able to see the newly constructed dam to assess the cooling water situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
 

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has repeated calls for "maximum military restraint near nuclear facilities". 

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has reported that the agency's experts at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant heard "hundreds of rounds of small arms fire" for about an hour on Saturday evening.

Energoatom is pushing ahead with plans with Westinghouse to create a plant for the production of fuel assemblies in Ukraine, and with Holtec for manufacturing plants for small modular reactors and for storage containers for used nuclear fuel.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant lost its off-site power supply for more than three hours on Friday, having to rely on its emergency back-up diesel generators for the first time since December 2023.

The giant New Safe Confinement shelter over the remains of Chernobyl's unit 4 was damaged by a drone in February with an initial EUR42.5 million (USD50 million) already pledged for repair work.

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the Slavutych City authorities have signed a memorandum of cooperation with the goal of developing local tourism as part of the post-war revival of the region.

In the latest meeting between International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev the two sides discussed the on-going security situation and issues relating to any future restart of the plant's units.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has met with Ukraine's President for talks about the current security situation - and also looked ahead to future new nuclear power capacity in the country.