Ukraine: ZNPP employee suspected of assassination attempt on IAEA officials

Sergey Potynga, an engineer at the thermal instrumentation and control shop of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), has been accused of attempting to assassinate employees of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the orders of the Ukrainian Defense Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 253

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed both by the Russian Federation and Ukraine about the assassination last week of an individual in the city where most staff of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) live, Director General Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis release video of drone attack on oil tanker in Red Sea

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels released footage on October 3 showing an uncrewed surface vessel, or drone boat, striking a ship they described as a “British” oil tanker, the Cordelia Moon, in the Red Sea two days earlier on October 1. Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 251

Last Saturday, the ZNPP informed the team of an alleged drone strike that occurred on Friday afternoon on a 35/6 kilovolt (kV) substation around 300 metres away from the plant. This substation provides electricity to non-safety related facilities at the Read More …

Iraq: Joint Committee to address Minefields Obstructing Oil Pipelines

The Ministry of Environment announced on Saturday, the clearing of 4,000 cubic meters of mines across Iraq, while indicating the completion of projects for the benefit of industrial and oil lands at a rate of 100%, confirming the existence of Read More …

UN watchdog says Russian nuclear plant ‘extremely exposed’ if attacked

A nuclear plant in western Russia, where fighting is raging between Russian and Ukrainian forces, is especially vulnerable to a serious accident because it lacks a protective dome that could shield it from missiles, drones or artillery, the head of Read More …

Red Sea: Greek oil tanker on fire and adrift after multiple attacks of Hodeidah

A crew of 25 has been rescued from a Greek-flagged oil tanker after it caught fire after multiple attacks in the Red Sea. The Sounion was attacked by more than a dozen people on two small boats who fired multiple Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 245

The nuclear safety situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is deteriorating following a drone strike that hit the road around the plant site perimeter today, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. The IAEA Read More …

Syria: Missile attack targets US airbase in Conoco gas field

A missile attack targeted a US airbase in Conoco gas field in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province, Syrian state media reported early on Wednesday. However, two US officials said the projectiles launched in the direction of a US airbase in a Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 244

he International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) viewed evidence provided to the team today that continues to indicate that Monday’s fire did not start at the base of the cooling tower, IAEA Director General Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 242

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) witnessed thick dark smoke coming from the north-western area of the plant, after hearing multiple explosions throughout the evening. The team was informed that an alleged drone Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Developments in the Russian Federation

The IAEA has been monitoring the situation on the reported military activities taking place in the vicinity of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). I wish to remind all parties of the seven indispensable pillars for ensuring nuclear safety and Read More …

Russia’s National Guard enhances security measures at Kursk NPP

Russia’s National Guard Service has tightened security measures at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. “As part of efforts to ensure the security of the critical facility, National Guard units have taken additions security measures at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant,” Read More …

Nigerian troops, hunters foil Boko Haram attempt to vandalise power towers

Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force, North-East Operation Hadin Kai, have foiled an attempt by Boko Haram insurgents to vandalise power towers in Kasesa near Damaturu. “On receipt of credible intelligence of BHT activities, troops swiftly laid a successful Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – update 234

The city where most staff of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) live was left without electricity for 16 hours over the weekend after a second sub-station in the area sustained damage and was taken out of operation, Director General Read More …

UK: Unexploded bombs and mines could be detonated for wind farm work

Scores of unexploded Second World War bombs and mines off the Norfolk coast could have to be blown up to pave the way for a huge wind farm. Danish energy firm Ørsted wants to build its £8bn Hornsea 3 project Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – update 232

The IAEA team at ZNPP reported hearing explosions, including close to the plant, on several days over the past week. They confirmed with the plant that one of the mines located next to the ZNPP cooling pond area exploded on Read More …

Niger: Six soldiers guarding Niger-Benin oil pipeline killed in Dosso

In a tragic incident, unidentified assailants attacked soldiers guarding the major Niger-Benin oil pipeline, resulting in the deaths of six soldiers. Three security sources confirmed the attack, which took place between the villages of Salkam and Tibiri in Niger’s southeastern Read More …

Iraq: Explosion injures four Ministry of Electricity workers in Anbar

On Wednesday, a security source reported that four workers affiliated with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity sustained injuries in an explosion caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Al-Anbar Governorate, western Iraq. The source told Shafaq News Agency that Read More …

Thailand: Songkhla power plant hit by explosions

Three loud explosions caused damage to the boiler of a biomass power plant located in Ban Plak Bo area. The Explosives Recovery and Inspection team from Southern Border Province Investigation Division has thoroughly inspected all areas inside and outside the power Read More …