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Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, and Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko shake hands in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Derek Gatopoulos)

U.N. nuclear watchdog head is in Ukraine out of renewed concern over Zaporizhzhia power plant safety

By Derek Gatopoulos and Illia Novikov - Associated Press

International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi attends a meeting with local officials and representatives from fishing and business groups in Iwaki, northeast of Tokyo, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The head of the U.N. atomic agency on Wednesday told local Japanese representatives at the meeting in the Fukushima city that the ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater at the ruined nuclear power plant has met safety standards and that any restrictions on products from the region are “not scientific.” (Masahide Endo/Kyodo News via AP)

IAEA chief reassures residents that treated wastewater discharge at Fukushima nuclear plant is safe

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi speaks during his interview with The Associated Press, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog says security at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains fragile amid recent staff cuts enacted by Russian authorities occupying the facility. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

U.N. nuclear chief says security is still fragile at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied nuclear power plant

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

FILE - South Korean Defense Minister Shin Wonsik speaks during a committee at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 23, 2023. A light-water reactor at North Korea’s main nuclear complex will likely be formally operational by next summer, South Korea’s defense minister said, amid suspicions that the North may use it as a new source of fissile materials for nuclear weapons. (Han Jong-chan/Yonhap via AP, File)

North Korea’s new reactor at nuclear site likely to be formally operational next summer, Seoul says

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

U.N. nuclear chief urges Russia and Ukraine to ban attacks at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

U.N. atomic energy chief Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks to journalists after visiting Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during a press conference in Dnipro, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

UN nuclear chief discusses Ukraine nuclear plant in Russia

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Women walk down to the metro at the city center in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

IAEA discusses Ukraine nuclear plant protections with Russia

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Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Grossi, left, is greeted by South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

Seoul: U.N. agency to boost efforts to monitor North Korean nukes

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

USAID Administrator Samantha Power in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, traveled to Kyiv to hold meetings with government officials and residents. She said the U.S. would provide an additional $55 million to repair heating pipes and other equipment. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, Pool)

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo released by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Director General of nuclear watchdog, Rafael Mariano Grossi, second from left, speaks to unidentified authorities as the UN agency mission heads to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. The IAEA mission has been delayed on the Ukrainian-controlled side of the frontline for some three hours. Director General Grossi has personally negotiated with Ukrainian military authorities to be able to proceed and he remains determined that this important mission reaches the ZNPP today, IAEA spokesman said.(International Atomic Energy Agency via AP)

Inspectors reach embattled Ukrainian nuclear plant amid fear of disaster

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A Russian serviceman stands guard in an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, on May 1, 2022. The Zaporizhzhia plant is in southern Ukraine, near the town of Enerhodar on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is one of the 10 biggest nuclear plants in the world. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling Europe's largest nuclear power plant, stoking international fears of a catastrophe on the continent. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo, File)

U.N. demands end to military activity at Ukraine nuke plant

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen walk by a deactivated Russian military multiple rocket launcher on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russian troops bore down on Ukraine's capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in an invasion of a democratic country that has fueled fears of wider war in Europe and triggered worldwide efforts to make Russia stop. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Missiles strike radioactive waste disposal site in Kyiv

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UN atomic watchdog: Return to Iran nuclear deal possible

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks in a meeting with Iran's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. Grossi met with Salehi ahead of Iran's plans to partly suspend United Nations inspections of the country's nuclear facilities. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

UN nuclear chief says Iran to grant ‘less access’ to program

By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

UN atomic watchdog: Iran now operating Natanz centrifuges

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

North Korea calls UN nuclear watchdog `a marionette’ of West

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

UN watchdog: Iran building at underground nuclear facility

By David Rising - Associated Press

Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi attends a meeting with head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

Iran dismisses demands beyond nuke deal as IAEA head visits

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi from Argentina, talks prior to the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

UN watchdog: Iran providing access to active nuclear sites

By PHILIPP JENNE and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Designated Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi from Argentina, addresses the media during a news conference during a general confernce of the IAEA, at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

AP Interview: New IAEA head seeking answers from Iran

By KIYOKO METZLER - Associated Press