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UN nuclear watchdog chief due in Kyiv after Putin announces seizure

The head of the United Nations’s nuclear watchdog is set to arrive in Kyiv Thursday to discuss creating a protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the facility a federal asset. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will hold “talks aimed …

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Egypt Independent October 7, 2022

UN nuclear watchdog to inspect Zaporizhzhia plant.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors are expected to go to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine sometime this week amid renewed shelling at the Russian-held facility and mounting fears over a potential nuclear accident — which has seen Ukrainian officials make iodine pills available to residents. This comes as Ukraine forces prepare for a counteroffensive in …

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Egypt Independent August 30, 2022