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The Russian takeover of the defunct Chernobyl site challenges the 'peaceful, safe and sustainable' branding of nuclear energy

At least seven forest fires continue to burn around the Russian-held Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine, raising fears radionuclides could spread from the defunct facility.

The Conversation

IAEA aiming to deploy roughly 15-20 staff to Ukraine, U.S. lawmaker says

The U.N. atomic watchdog hopes to deploy around 15 to 20 staff to Ukraine's nuclear facilities if an agreement with Kyiv and Moscow is reached on ensuring safety there, a U.S. congressman said on Thursday after a meeting with the watchdog's chief.

Reuters

U.S. says onus now on Iran on willingness to return to nuclear deal - State Department

U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday that the onus is now on Iran on whether it is willing to enter into a mutual return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

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Ukraine latest updates: Thousands seek evacuation from Mariupol

Ukraine news from March 22: Deputy prime minister says at least 100,000 civilians are trying to escape from Mariupol.

Al Jazeera

Chernobyl staff rotated out for first time since site's capture -IAEA

Around half the single shift of staff who have been working non-stop at the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl since Russian forces seized the site last month have been relieved by other Ukrainian staff, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday.

Reuters

In Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, exhausted hostages work at gunpoint after Russian occupation

For more than three decades, very little has disturbed the vast exclusion zone around Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, just as authorities intended. That is, until Russian troops moved in, kicking up radioactive dust in their wake.

ABC News

Watchdog: Iran converts sliver of its high-enriched uranium

Iran has converted a fraction of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium into material that can detect cancers and other diseases

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Is a nuclear disaster likely in Ukraine?

The IAEA and nuclear experts warn Ukrainian nuclear sites are at risk. Is a major nuclear incident possible?

Al Jazeera

Iran defies Western powers with work on near weapons-grade uranium

Iran has defied Western powers by converting some of its uranium enriched to near weapons-grade into a form less easily recovered, diluted and shipped out of the country, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Wednesday showed.

Reuters

Chernobyl nuclear plant in 'new accident' fears as staff 'held at gunpoint' by Russian forces

The mayor of a town near to the nuclear power plant warned of a 'complete catastrophe' as food and fuel supplies come close to running out.

Daily Record

Chernobyl 'in danger of new nuclear catastrophe with 100 staff hostage at gunpoint'

Reports warned of a 'complete catastrophe' as food and fuel supplies run out - including emergency generators for back up control of the plant's safety systems

Daily Mirror

Zaporizhzhia: Russia detonated explosives at damaged Ukrainian nuclear plant, IAEA told

Chernobyl re-connected to national electricity grid, Ukrainian regulators tell international agency

The Independent UK

Ukraine tells IAEA Russia preventing it from answering Chernobyl questions

Russia's control of radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl is limiting the flow of information out of them such that Ukraine cannot fully answer all the International Atomic Energy Agency's questions, the Ukrainian nuclear regulator has told the IAEA.

Reuters

IAEA head Rafael Grossi: 'The risk of a nuclear accident in Ukraine needs to be excluded'

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), spoke to FRANCE 24 about the serious concerns regarding the safety of Ukraine’s 15 nuclear plants following Russia’s invasion. Grossi said he has had constructive talks with the warring sides, who both agree that “something needs to be done”…

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The Independent UK

What is potassium iodide? The drug is in demand as Russia’s invasion stokes radiation fears

Potassium iodide has become a hot commodity as the war in Ukraine raises fears of global nuclear conflict

Asharq Al-Awsat

Power Restored at Ukraine’s Chernobyl

Power has been restored at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power station, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, the International Atomic Energy Agency said late Monday. Separately, Ukraine's state nuclear operator Energoatom accused the Russian military of detonating ammunition at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in the country's…

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Thousands evacuated from Sumy

Russia-Ukraine news from March 15: Red Cross evacuates several thousand civilians from Sumy, northeastern Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Ukraine: Chernobyl powerline damaged by Russian forces just a day after electricity restored

The power line supplying the Chernobyl nuclear plant has been damaged by Russian forces just a day after it was repaired, Ukraine’s state power company has claimed.

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Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: 2,187 residents killed in Mariupol

Ukraine news from March 13: About 100 aerial bombs have been dropped on Mariupol as Russian forces blockade the city.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plants Being Run by Ukrainian Staff, Says Russia

The Ukrainian nuclear power plants at Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia, both now under the control of Russian forces, are being run and managed by their Ukrainian staff, Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom said on Saturday, according to the RIA news agency. Rosatom's statement said an external power supply was being restored…

The Independent UK

Ukraine claims Russia is ‘planning man-made disaster’ at Chernobyl amid fears over nuclear sites

Russian forces will blame the attack on Ukraine, intelligence officials warned

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Moscow threatens Western arms shipments

Ukraine-Russia news from March 12: Moscow says arms shipments to Ukraine ‘legitimate targets’, intensifies Kyiv attacks.

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What nuclear energy has to do with nuclear war

Nuclear weapons have been branded as 'bad' and nuclear energy as 'good', and it's impacting our abilities to notice the material threats Ukraine is facing, argues Dr Karly Burch.

ABC News

What we know about Chernobyl since Russia took control of the site after invading Ukraine

Russian forces have been in control of the defunct Chernobyl site since its invasion of Ukraine began, prompting concerns about the defunct nuclear site's safety.

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: UN stresses ‘urgent’ need for talks

Ukraine-Russia news from March 11: UN says it is not aware of Ukraine biological weapons programme.

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