With unrestricted access, the IAEA team based at the site has been closely monitoring the situation following the strike early in the morning on 14 February that pierced a big hole in the New Safe Confinement (NSC),

A new monitoring mission from the U.N. nuclear watchdog arrived on Saturday at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, Russia's Rosatom company said, after weeks of delay caused by military activity around the site.

The IAEA Director General reminded the Agency’s Board of Governors today of the precarious nuclear safety situation in Ukraine, and discussed his trip to Fukushima, developments with Iran, reaching gender parity at the IAEA and more.

Before the conflict, it had a total of 10 power lines – six 750 kV and four 330 kV – available. “The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant still needs reliable supplies of off-site power for cooling purposes,

The territories through which the latest unauthorized rotation of IAEA experts at the Zaporizhzhia NPP took place are the territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by Russia, and they will always remain Ukrainian.

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, due to the rotation of the International Atomic Energy Agency mission to the occupied Zaporizhia NPP not coordinated with the Ukrainian authorities, does not have reliable information about the list of experts represented there and considers such a situation unacceptable.

In his latest address to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Monday, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi warned of the escalating nuclear safety risks in Ukraine as the conflict grinds on.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says that the decision for the rotation of agency experts at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to take place via Russia, rather than via Ukraine as usual,

Rafael Grossi, head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, defended his decision to rotate staff via Russian territory at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Ukraine objected, citing a breach of sovereignty.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi claims that the rotation of the agency's experts to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant done via what he called "exceptionally Russian territory" was dictated by the need to protect the lives of the mission members,

Ukraine's energy minister has criticized a U.N. nuclear watchdog mission visiting the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant via occupied land, citing its violation of Ukraine's sovereignty. A letter from Ukraine urges the International Atomic Energy Agency to ensure compliance with the law and consult Ukrainian authorities before proceeding.