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Should the war in Ukraine spur a nuclear security rethink?

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nuclear facilities have been caught up in the midst of conventional warfare for the first time in history. That nightmare scenario is one that few of the industry’s players had anticipated. In Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia, Russian forces represent a lingering threat to the most basic…

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Ukraine says Russian forces 'stole' safety equipment from Chernobyl, 'special work' needed to repair reactor site

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has called Russia's temporary occupation of the Chernobyl nuclear power station "very, very dangerous" and offered to help Ukraine repair damage caused to the stricken plant.

ABC News

Ukraine says Russian rockets flew over Europe's biggest nuclear power plant

Ukraine's state-run atomic energy company said Russian missiles flew at low altitude over Europe's largest nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, and reiterated warnings that Russia's invasion could lead to a "nuclear catastrophe".

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Ukrainian officials say Russian troops dug trenches in Chernobyl's radioactive Red Forest

The U.N. nuclear watchdog said the radiation situation was "within the limits" for the site.

Axios

UN nuclear watchdog to head mission to Chernobyl as Russians withdraw from site

Russians leaving Chernobyl have taken Ukraine soldiers with them, say officials

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Russians flee Chernobyl with radiation sickness, says Ukraine

UN atomic watchdog investigates claims Russian troops left after high doses of radiation. Plus, Trump may face court date thanks to reggae singer lawsuit.

The Guardian - UK

Russian soldiers fled Chernobyl with radiation sickness, says Ukraine

Russian forces occupying the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have left the site after receiving high doses of radiation from digging into contaminated soil, Ukrainian officials have claimed.

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Live updates | Japan FM to assess refugee needs in Poland

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says he is heading to Poland later Friday to assess the need for the war-displaced Ukrainians in that country and assist those who seek refuge in Japan

The Independent UK

US to give Ukraine an extra $300m in security assistance – as it happened

Ukraine president adds that Kremlin is trying to conscript troops from Crimea, while Kyiv officials say captured troops from both sides have been exchanged today

The Guardian - UK

Russians leave Chernobyl; Ukraine braces for renewed attacks

Russian troops have left the heavily contaminated Chernobyl nuclear site

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 37 of the Russian invasion

US says invasion has been ‘strategic disaster’ for Moscow and Putin is isolated as peace talks due to resume

The Guardian - UK

Russian soldiers leave Chernobyl after suffering ‘significant doses’ of radiation, Ukraine says

Russian troops reportedly treated for radiation poisoning after digging trenches in exclusion zone

The Independent UK

Russian troops give up Chernobyl nuclear site with Ukraine back under control

The Ukrainian state nuclear company said on Thursday most of the Russian forces that occupied the Chernobylnuclear power station after invading Ukraine have left the defunct plant, and suggested radiation concerns had driven them away

Daily Mirror

Russian troops leaving Chernobyl, Ukrainian nuclear operator says

Energoatom said Russians troops have signed a document confirming the plant's handover back to Ukrainian control.

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Evening Standard

Putin’s forces ‘abandon Chernobyl’ as battles rage in eastern Ukraine

Mariupol and a ‘corridor’ between two eastern towns, Izyum and Volnovakha, are becoming the key battlefronts, a Ukrainian government advisor has said

The Independent UK

Ukraine nuclear operator: Russian troops leave Chernobyl

Ukraine’s nuclear operator company says Russian troops are leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards the country’s border with Belarus

Reuters

Ukraine state nuclear firm says most Russian forces have left Chernobyl nuclear plant

Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom on Thursday said many of the Russian forces occupying the Chernobyl nuclear plant had left and were headed for the Belarusian border, leaving just a few on the territory of the defunct plant.

Reuters

Ukraine posts video of Russian nuclear workers criticising Moscow

Ukraine's nuclear energy authority on Friday published a video of what it said were four Russian guards who had accompanied a delivery of fuel elements, visibly uncomfortable as they made statements criticising Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying Chernobyl laboratory containing ‘highly active samples’

The Chernobyl laboratory is now in ‘the hands of the enemy’, say officials

Daily Mirror

Ukraine and Russia hold peace talks amid concern over Chernobyl radiation levels rising

The Kremlin said the talks had made no significant progress as yet although Ukrainian delegate and lawmaker David Arakhamia said working groups are meeting throughout the day

Reuters

Ukraine state nuclear company unable to monitor radiation levels around Chernobyl

Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom warned on Monday that radiation levels around the occupied Chernobyl nuclear plant risked rising because its radiation monitoring system and forest fire-fighting service were not working.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Power Restored at Ukraine’s Chernobyl

Power has been restored at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power station, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, the International Atomic Energy Agency said late Monday. Separately, Ukraine's state nuclear operator Energoatom accused the Russian military of detonating ammunition at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in the country's…

Reuters

Russia wants full operational control of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Energoatom chief

Russian officials have attempted to enter and take full operational control of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the head of Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom said on Friday.

Reuters

Radiation levels at occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant are normal - Ukraine's Energoatom

Radiation levels around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are normal while repairs are being carried out on a block damaged by fighting with Russian troops, Petro Kotin, the head of state nuclear firm Energoatom, said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukraine nuclear firm says it still controls key plants but Russians nearing

Ukraine still controls two key nuclear power plants in the south of the country, including Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest, but Russian forces are closing in, the acting head of Ukraine's state-run nuclear company Energoatom said on Thursday.

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