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This photo shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

IAEA team samples seawater near Fukushima plant to ensure safe release of wastewater

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

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

Biden courting Iran illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Why is Biden still courting Iran?

By Jed Babbin

International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Grossi speaks during his joint press conference with the head of Iran's atomic energy department Mohammad Eslami after their meeting in the central city of Isfahan, Iran, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency are still discussing how to implement a 2023 deal on inspections

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

FILE - The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, on April 2021. The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said on Monday that it has obtained permission from safety regulators to start loading atomic fuel into a reactor at its only operable plant in north-central Japan, which it is keen to restart for the first time since the 2011 disaster. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, or TEPCO, said that it obtained the Nuclear Regulation Authority’s approval to load nuclear fuel into the No. 7 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata and it was to start the process later Monday. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

IAEA team inspects treated radioactive water release from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant

By Mari Yamaguchi - 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 Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi, left, and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, right, shake hands during their meeting at the prime minister's office Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

U.N. nuclear chief visits Japan to examine Fukushima wastewater release and talk atomic cooperation

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

FILE - IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi attends a joint press conference with head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami in Tehran, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday, and continues to bar several of the most experienced inspectors from monitoring its nuclear program. The IAEA report estimated that as of Feb. 10, Iran’s total enriched uranium stockpile was at 5,525.5 kilograms, an increase of 1038.7 kilograms since the last quarterly report in November 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

U.N. atomic watchdog’s director says he’s heading to Moscow for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine

By Stephanie Liechtenstein - Associated Press

A student looks at Iran's domestically built centrifuges in an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday, and continues to bar several of the most experienced inspectors from monitoring its nuclear program. The IAEA report estimated that as of Feb. 10, Iran’s total enriched uranium stockpile was at 5,525.5 kilograms, an increase of 1038.7 kilograms since the last quarterly report in November 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

GOP senators call on administration to censure Iran at International Atomic Energy Agency meeting

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

FILE - A student looks at a model of Bushehr nuclear power plant in an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday, and continues to bar several of the most experienced inspectors from monitoring its nuclear program. The IAEA report estimated that as of Feb. 10, Iran’s total enriched uranium stockpile was at 5,525.5 kilograms, an increase of 1038.7 kilograms since the last quarterly report in November 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, U.N. nuclear watchdog report says

By Stephanie Liechtenstein - 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

North Korea and Kim Jong Un's threats illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

An emboldened North Korea is a threat to the region

By Joseph R. DeTrani

U.N. atomic chief backs nuclear power at COP28 as world reckons with proliferation

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) ** FILE **

IAEA head says the barring of several nuclear inspectors by Iran is a ‘serious blow’ to monitoring

By Stephanie Liechtenstein - Associated Press

The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flies in front of its headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 6, 2023. Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to nearly weapons-grade levels, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press. The International Atomic Energy Agency also said that Iran has pushed back against its objections to Tehran’s ban on some of its inspectors designated to monitor the country’s nuclear program. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader, File)

U.N. agency report says Iran has further increased its uranium stockpile

By Stephanie Liechtenstein - Associated Press

Lydie Evrard, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General and head of the Department of Nuclear Safety answers a question during a press conference at the Foreign Press Center Japan Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

IAEA officials say Fukushima’s ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater is going well

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres acknowledges the audience applause after addressing the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

U.N. chief warns A.I. may lead world into ‘more danger than we can control’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Family members embrace freed Americans Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi, as well as two returnees whose names have not yet been released by the U.S. government, who were released in a prisoner swap deal between U.S. and Iran, as they arrive at Davison Army Airfield, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2923 at Fort Belvoir, Va. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Biden’s Iran hostage ransom payment

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

A member of environmental group holds a mock fish during a rally to demand the stop of the Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive water into the sea from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

In Japan’s neighbors, fear and frustration are shared over radioactive water release

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant sits in coastal towns of both Okuma and Futaba, as seen from the Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, northeastern Japan, on March 2, 2022. Anxious about Japan’s impending release of treated nuclear wastewater from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, hundreds of South Koreans marched in their capital on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. Protesters called for Tokyo to abandon the plans, and expressed anger toward Seoul for endorsing the discharge despite alleged food safety risks. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

South Koreans rally in Seoul against Japanese plans to release treated nuclear wastewater into sea

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press