Section: Nuclear

      Russian troops set up positions around the perimeter of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
      Nov26

      Russian troops set up positions around the perimeter of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

      Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration said on November 25, 2022, that the Russian army used the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the south of Ukraine as a military base. Russian troops set up their positions around the perimeter of the plant, and mined the territory. Source: Oleksandr Starukh, the head...

      IAEA experts arrived at all Ukrainian nuclear power plants
      Nov25

      IAEA experts arrived at all Ukrainian nuclear power plants

      Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived at all NPPs of Ukraine in order to provide support and assistance to the personnel. The IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stated this in a video message on November 24, 2022. Source: Director General of the IAEA Rafael Grossi “Recently, Ukraine called on the IAEA to provide, as it...

      All nuclear plants and the majority of TPPs were de-energized in Ukraine due to Russian attack
      Nov24

      All nuclear plants and the majority of TPPs were de-energized in Ukraine due to Russian attack

      The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine noted that Russia once again carried out a massive shelling of the Ukrainian energy infrastructure on November 23, 2022. The Russian missile attack led to the temporary blackout of all nuclear power plants, most thermal and hydroelectric power plants in Ukraine. Source: The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine...

      Russian troops shelled Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
      Nov20

      Russian troops shelled Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

      Russian soldiers again attacked with missiles the Zaporizhzhia NPP in the temporarily occupied city of Enerhodar (south of Ukraine) on the morning of November 20, 2022. Source: State Enterprise National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine “Energoatom”, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

      2 Ukrainian nuclear power plants malfunction due to Russian missile attack, – IAEA
      Nov17

      2 Ukrainian nuclear power plants malfunction due to Russian missile attack, – IAEA

      Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Rafael Grossi noted on November 16, 2022, that two Ukrainian nuclear power plants – Khmelnytskyi NPP and Rivne NPP – suffered from massive shelling by the Russians on November 15, 2022. Source: Director General of the IAEA Rafael Grossi “This was a very concerning development....

      Ukraine will build a small modular nuclear reactor together with the USA
      Nov13

      Ukraine will build a small modular nuclear reactor together with the USA

      As part of the UN Climate Change Conference (CO27), the US President’s Special Envoy on Climate, John Kerry, and the Minister of Energy of Ukraine, German Galushchenko, announced the launch of a pilot project for the construction of a small modular nuclear reactor (SRM) in Ukraine on November 12, 2022. Source: US Department of State...

      Putin hinted in a conversation with Macron about the use of nuclear weapons, as “in Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
      Nov07

      Putin hinted in a conversation with Macron about the use of nuclear weapons, as “in Hiroshima and Nagasaki”

      According to diplomatic sources, Vladimir Putin, the Russian President has embarrassed Western leaders by referring to the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a conversation with Emmanuel Macron, the President of France on November 5, 2022. Sources claim that Putin believed that the bombings, which led to the surrender of Japan and the...

      IAEA testified that no one in Ukraine has created and would not create a “dirty bomb”
      Nov04

      IAEA testified that no one in Ukraine has created and would not create a “dirty bomb”

      IAEA inspectors confirmed in its statement on November 3, 2022, that no one in Ukraine has created and would not create any “dirty bomb”. The organization’s mission visited all the objects that Russian representatives mentioned when they told their statements about the so-called “dirty bomb”. Source: Director General...

      Russia will receive the same response whether it uses “dirty” or nuclear bombs, – US
      Oct25

      Russia will receive the same response whether it uses “dirty” or nuclear bombs, – US

      US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on October 24, 2022, that the reaction of the United States to the use of “dirty” and nuclear bombs by Russia would be the same, the consequences for the aggressor would be in any case. Source: US State Department spokesperson Ned Price Asked whether Washington would treat the use of a...

      Some Ukrainian thermal power plants are disabled as a result of Russian missile attacks
      Oct24

      Some Ukrainian thermal power plants are disabled as a result of Russian missile attacks

      The Executive director of “DTEK Energo” reported on October 24, 2022, that several Ukrainian thermal power plants of the “DTEK Energo” (the largest private investor in the energy industry in Ukraine) were so seriously damaged due to Russian missile attacks that they had to stop work Source: The Executive director of...