Japan: IAEA monitoring treated water release from Fukushima nuclear plant

Japan has begun discharging treated radioactive wastewater from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean, 12 years on from the major meltdown there, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Thursday.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/08/1140037
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Japan: IAEA monitoring treated water release from Fukushima nuclear plant
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UN atomic energy agency to work with Japan on Fukushima water disposal

13 Apr 2021

The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, said on Tuesday that it will work closely with Japan which is preparing to release a million tonnes of contaminated seawater used to cool the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant.

IAEA warns of ‘increasingly tense military situation’ around Ukraine nuclear plant

19 May 2023

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) continues to warn of the potential nuclear threat in the Ukraine conflict amid rising tensions surrounding the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). 

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World News in Brief: Ukraine nuclear power plant update, DR Congo flood response, impact of US terrorism designations

World News in Brief: Ukraine nuclear power plant update, DR Congo flood response, impact of US terrorism designations

08 Feb 2024

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this week undertook his fourth visit to the beleaguered Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in southern Ukraine, his office said on Thursday.