Asia Pacific Jun 15, 2021
China nuclear plant works to fix issue, but operations 'within safety parameters'
Operators were fixing a "performance issue" at the facility, its French part-owner said following a report of a potential leak.
World May 24, 2021
The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran have agreed to extend an understanding to monitor Tehran's activities by one month, the IAEA said Monday.
Commentary / Japan Apr 25, 2021
Fukushima water discharge plan sets a dangerous precedent
by Azby Brown and Iain Darby
Allowing the release to proceed unilaterally without genuine international consultation would set a dangerous precedent and further damage the international rules-based agreement system.
National Apr 15, 2021
IAEA to oversee release of contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear plant
The agency will play a central and "permanent" role in monitoring the discharge operation, its Director General Rafael Grossi said in an interview Wednesday.
World / Politics Apr 10, 2021
U.N. atomic watchdog reports new Iranian breach of nuclear deal
The U.N. atomic watchdog on Friday flagged a new breach by Iran of its nuclear deal with major powers on the day those powers met to revive the agreement , a report by the agency seen by Reuters showed, likely raising tensions with Western ...
National Mar 23, 2021
The government is considering releasing the water used to cool reactors, which is stored at the Fukushima No. 1 complex, into the sea, but has not yet made a final decision.
World Feb 20, 2021
IAEA found uranium traces at two sites Iran barred it from, sources say
The watchdog is preparing to rebuke Tehran for failing to explain the findings, possibly complicating U.S. efforts to revive nuclear diplomacy, diplomats say.
National Dec 20, 2020
IAEA prepared to send team to monitor Fukushima water release
Agency chief Rafael Grossi said the IAEA can play "an extremely constructive role" in addressing concerns about the release of the water into the environment.
Commentary / World Sep 1, 2020
Who says Iran is impervious to pressure?
by Bobby Ghosh
Critics of the Trump administration’s sanctions campaign against Iran have long argued that the Islamic Republic is impervious to pressure. This claim never had a strong foundation: After all, extreme duress — prolonged diplomatic isolation, coupled with crippling economic sanctions — forced Tehran’s theocrats ...
World Mar 3, 2020
U.N. nuclear watchdog plans alert on Iranian stonewalling-diplomats
by Francois Murphy and John Irish
The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Iran's nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it, several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday. The ...
National Feb 27, 2020
IAEA chief says Fukushima water release plan meets global standards
by Ryotaro Nakamaru
The comment by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi comes amid strong opposition from local fishermen and neighboring South Korea to the plan to the release the radioactive water.
National / Politics | FOCUS Dec 18, 2019
Hopes low for Japan-Iran summit, with Tokyo hemmed in by competing interests
by Reiji Yoshida
It’s unlikely Japan will be able to bypass U.S.-imposed sanctions and resume importing crude oil from Iran in accordance with Tehran’s apparent wishes, experts say.