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UPDATES: 2023
Ukraine Zaporizhzya Nuclear Power Station
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2 June 2023
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been without external back-up power for three months now, leaving it extremely vulnerable in case the sole functioning main power line goes down again and underlining the importance of adhering to five principles established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the protection of the facility during the military conflict, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
One of the five concrete principles that the Director General presented to the United Nations Security Council on 30 May – aimed at preventing a nuclear accident – states that off-site power to the ZNPP “should not be put at risk” and that “all efforts should be made to ensure that off-site power remains available and secure at all times”.
The other principles outlined in Tuesday’s meeting at the Security Council included commitments not to attack from or against the plant, not using it as storage or a base for heavy weapons, and to protect structures, systems and components essential to its safe and secure operation from attacks or acts of sabotage.
“While the principles won broad support at the United Nations Security Council, which is very encouraging and an important step forward for ensuring nuclear safety and security at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, the general situation at the site remains highly precarious and potentially dangerous,” Director General Grossi said.
“The site’s fragile power situation continues to be a source of deep concern and – as the newly-established IAEA principles indicate – there is a need for intensified efforts to ensure a more stable and predictable external electricity supply,” he said.
The ZNPP continues to rely on the only remaining operational 750 kilovolt (kV) power line for the external electricity it needs for reactor cooling and other essential nuclear safety and security functions. Before the conflict, the plant had four such off-site power lines available.
A back-up 330 kV power line that was damaged on 1 March on the other side of the Dnipro River as seen from the Russian-controlled ZNPP has still not been repaired, with Ukraine having said that military action has prevented its experts from safely accessing the location situated in territory it controls to repair the line.
The lack of any back-up options means that when the 750 kV line is cut – as happened most recently on 22 May – Europe’s largest nuclear power plant (NPP) is forced to rely on emergency diesel generators as a last line of defence, clearly an unsustainable situation.
The IAEA experts at the site recently visited the ZNPP 750 kV open switchyard, where they confirmed that three of the power lines remained disconnected and learned that some parts for repairing them were being manufactured but the delivery date is not known.
The nearby Zaporizhzhya Thermal Power Plant (ZTPP) operates the 330 kV open switchyard, through which back-up power in the past has been provided to the ZNPP. The Russian Federation reported in March that Rosatom was working to remove damaged equipment from the open switchyard, with the aim of restoring three 330 kV lines to the grid system in currently Russian-controlled territory. The IAEA team of experts present at the ZNPP has still not been granted access to the ZTPP to assess the situation, despite assurances from Rosatom that they would be able to go there. Consultations are ongoing to secure the access.
“Our experts must access the ZTPP to see for themselves what the current situation is like and whether it might be possible to restore back-up power there,” Director General Grossi said.
Over the past week, the IAEA team reported hearing two landmine explosions just outside the ZNPP site, again highlighting the tense situation amid intense speculation of imminent military action in the region and the need to observe the Agency’s five principles.
“As I told the United Nations Security Council just a few days ago, I respectfully and solemnly ask both sides to observe these five principles, which are essential to avoid the danger of a catastrophic incident. These principles are to no one’s detriment and to everyone’s benefit,” Director General Grossi said.
“At Tuesday’s meeting, both sides expressed strong support for our work to ensure nuclear safety and security. Everyone agrees that a nuclear accident must not happen. Based on their statements, I expect that these five basic principles will be adhered to,” he said. “If there are any violations, which I sincerely hope there won’t be, I will not hesitate to report about them publicly.”
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NPT Conference Update: 27 August 2022
UN chief disappointed nuclear treaty conference ends without consensus
NPT
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
10th Review Conference
1 - 26 AUGUST 2022


The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. The NPT represents the only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty to the goal of disarmament by the nuclear-weapon States.
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Humanity's Reminder:
Nuclear Energy for "PEACE!"
"NOT FOR WAR!"
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
IS THE WORLD KEEPING UP WITH
"NUCLEAR SCIENCE"
for the
"WELL-BEING OF HUMANITY?"
KEEP THE DATES: 21–22 September 2021
21 – 22 September 2021, Vienna International Centre, Vienna
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The World is Saying "NO" to
Nuclear Weapons!


First Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Treaty
in more than two decades, came into
force on January 22, 2021
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IMPORTANT REMINDER
Is there any justification for the continued testing of
NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
NO!
Above Text-Image Courtesy, UN - Licorne nuclear test, 1971, French Polynesia. Photo: The Official CTBTO Photostream.
Reminder: The testing of Nuclear Weapons only makes our
now COVID-19 world even more extremely unhealthy!
The development and usages of Nuclear energy
are intended for the beneficial well-being -
development and sustainability - of
Humanity Around the World!
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What exactly is the purpose of IAEA?
International Atomic Energy Agency
M U S T S E E V I D E O !
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United Nations Secretary-General
A n t ó n i o G u t e r r e s
launches new disarmament agenda ‘to secure our world and our future’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the University of Geneva, launching his Agenda for Disarmament, on 24 May 2018.

UN Photo Courtesy, Jean-Marc Ferre
“The United Nations was created with the goal of eliminating war as an instrument of foreign policy,” Secretary-General António Guterres said, unveiling his new agenda, entitled, Securing Our Common Future, at the University of Geneva, in Switzerland.
“But seven decades on, our world is as dangerous as it has ever been,” he warned.
“Disarmament prevents and ends violence. Disarmament supports sustainable development. And disarmament is true to our values and principles,” he explained.
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M U S T S E E V I D E O !
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Crucial . . .
QUESTION?!
With the “purpose of IAEA”
understood . . . Should any Nation,
entity, group or individual be
allowed to violate IAEA's
clearly defined purpose
intended for the
benefit and sustainability of
“The whole of Humanity”
within the framework of
“P E A C E” &
“D e v e l o p m e n t ?!”
Emphatic Answer:
NO!
In Fact . . .
The whole of Humanity is united against the misuse of any of Humanity's natural resources and nuclear technologies being illegally obtained and hoarded for purposes other than IAEA's stated "nuclear cooperation:" including moreover, IAEA's "documented international nuclear regulations and guidelines" that must be adhered to by all Nations.
Humanity shall - at all times - maintain its staunch stance against any Nation, entity, group or individual which seeks the destruction of any part of Humanity or its life-sustaining Environment by means of nuclear capabilities.
R e m i n d e r :
Throughout History - in every culture Around the World - there are old adages [pithy sayings
of wisdom and prudence].
Humanity's "new adage" for the 21st Century and new Millennium concerning NUCLEAR
THREATS AND THE MISUSE OF
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES
is simply: "O.P.E!"
Any Nation, entity, group or individual not willing to "cease-and-desist" all
nuclear threats to Humanity and
its invaluable, life-sustaining
Environment . . .
and also unwilling to demonstrate
with "habitual truthfulness" the
safe, secure and peaceful use
of nuclear technologies is
HAPPILY INVITED BY THE
GLOBAL FAMILY OF HUMANITY
TO HASTILY GO . . . .
O.P.E!
“Off Planet Earth!”
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