“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw
Aug 01, 2025
On My Mind Today:
It is so good to have the IAEA weekly news back — and again available once a week on Friday’s. So, to welcome the IAEA’s important weekly reports back, I’ve posted a fresh update concerning Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) from the IAEA Inspector General relative to the Russia/Ukraine war that has been, perhaps wrongly so, relegated to the background of other issues, like Trump’s dangerous meddling in both important nuclear issues (war and power), which are concerning to both the U.S. and around the world, which we will take a new look at tomorrow. ~llaw
Ukraine’s Russia war troubled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP)
- Update 306 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Update 306 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
30 Jul 2025
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Vienna, Austria
The IAEA team based at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) carried out independent measurements today to confirm that there had been no increase in radiation levels at the site, contrary to some social media posts overnight, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.
Using IAEA monitoring equipment, the team members measured only normal levels during a site walkdown. Their measurements confirmed other data collected separately at the site, as well as information provided by the plant itself.
“The team took immediate action after becoming aware of these social media reports, enabling us to provide assurances that radiation levels remained unchanged. Once again, this shows the importance of the IAEA’s presence at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and Ukraine’s other nuclear power sites. Thanks to this presence, we can provide timely, factual and impartial technical information to the public about nuclear safety and security in Ukraine,” Director General Grossi said.
The general nuclear safety situation at the ZNPP remains precarious, however, with the plant continuing to rely on one single power line for the electricity it needs to cool its reactors and for other essential nuclear safety and security functions. Before the conflict, it had access to 10 external power lines.
In addition, the IAEA team reported hearing military activities almost every day over the past week, at different distances from the site, which is located on the frontline.
Earlier this week, the team members performed a walkdown of a turbine hall of one reactor unit where they were once again denied access to the western part of the hall.
The IAEA teams present at Ukraine’s operating nuclear power plants (NPPs) — Khmelnytskyy, Rivne and South Ukraine NPPs – and the Chornobyl NPP site reported hearing air raid alarms nearly every day over the past week. At Khmelnytskyy, the team had to shelter twice on 28 July.
Three of Ukraine’s nine operating reactor units continued to be in shutdown for refuelling and maintenance, including work on some of the off-site power lines.
As part of the IAEA’s comprehensive assistance programme to support nuclear safety and security in Ukraine, the Slavutych City Hospital this week received mobile radiography equipment and the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center and Hydrometeorological organizations of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine received laboratory equipment. These deliveries were funded by Australia, the European Union and Norway.
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