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International Atomic Energy Agency's director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi, left, and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani attend a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Assad-era Syrian reactor was configured for nuclear weapons, IAEA chief says

By Stephanie Liechtenstein - Associated Press

Servicemen of Ukraine's defense intelligence set up drones against Russian in an undisclosed location in Ukraine late Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine hits Russian energy targets and denies striking Kremlin-occupied nuclear plant

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Rafael Grossi, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General and a candidate for United Nations Secretary-General, speaks during an interview at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Iran’s highly enriched uranium likely is still at the Isfahan site, U.N. nuclear chief tells AP

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un smile together in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Photo via AP, File)

Beware a nuclear North Korea aligned with China, Russia

By Joseph R. DeTrani

Israeli authorities hang Israeli and U.S. flags at the site struck by an Iranian missile that killed two people, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel says it’s killed another top Iranian official while Iran’s attacks slay 2 near Tel Aviv

By Jon Gambrell, David Rising and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

A view of Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran, on April 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian) **FILE**

U.N. nuclear watchdog spots damage at entrance to Iranian nuke plant

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi, left, hold a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Iran meets U.N. nuclear watchdog in Geneva ahead of a second round of U.S. talks

By Jamey Keaten and Stephanie Liechtenstein - Associated Press

This photo released Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

U.N. atomic watchdog chief said Iran’s enriched uranium still under rubble from air attacks

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this undated photo provided Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, front, second right, inspects a facility that produces nuclear material at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief says North Korea’s atomic ambitions growing without any oversight

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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