‘We are living on borrowed time when it comes to nuclear safety,’ IAEA chief warns
This photo taken on Sept. 11, 2022, shows a security person standing in front of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia, amid the Ukraine war.
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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency reiterated calls for relevant parties to establish a security perimeter around Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
“We are living on borrowed time when it comes to nuclear safety and security at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Unless we take action to protect the plant, our luck will sooner or later run out, with potentially severe consequences for human health and the environment,” IAEA director general Rafael Grossi said in a statement.
Grossi said that IAEA experts present at the facility continue to regularly hear shelling in the area. He added that the experts also reported that two landmine explosions occurred near the nuclear power plant earlier this month.
Russian forces seized Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, in the days following the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine bans its athletes from Olympic competitions with Russia and Belarus
TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 23: The Olympic Rings are seen outside the stadium as fireworks go off during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
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The Ukrainian Ministry of Sports said it will prohibit its national sports teams from participating in competitions where athletes from Russia or Belarus are represented.
The ban extends to the Olympic and Paralympic Games as well as non-Olympic athletic competitions.
“In case of violation of the order, the teams may be deprived of their status as ‘national’,” the ministry wrote, according to an NBC News translation.
For months, the Ukrainian government has called on the International…
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