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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

The Natanz uranium enrichment facility buildings, south of Tehran, Iran, is seen in this March 30, 2005, file photo. A new underground facility at the Natanz enrichment site may put centrifuges beyond the range of a massive so-called “bunker buster” bomb earlier developed by the U.S. military, according to experts and satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press in May 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran gives ‘detailed answers’ to U.N. inspectors over 2 sites where manmade uranium particles found

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. The U.N. atomic watchdog said in a statement late Monday, July 24, 2023, its staff at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant report seeing anti-personnel mines around the site. The report comes as Kyiv pursues a counteroffensive against the Kremlin’s entrenched forces after 17 months of war. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

U.N. watchdog says landmines are placed around Ukrainian nuke plant occupied by Russia

By Felipe Dana - Associated Press

Local protesters and South Korean lawmakers hold banners against Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, during a rally in front of the Prime Minister's office Monday, July 10, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan defends neutrality of IAEA report on Fukushima water release plan as minister visits plant

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Main opposition Democratic Party lawmaker Woo Won-shik, left, shows a list of proposed disposal methods for the Fukushima contaminated water as his party lawmaker Wi Seong-gon and Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, right, look on during a meeting with the party's lawmakers at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean lawmakers berate IAEA chief over Japanese plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

A screen shows the simulation analysis as Yoo Guk-hee, chairperson of Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, speaks during a briefing at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 7, 2023. South Korean government held the briefing to explain the result of its review of Japan's treated radioactive water discharge plan and said the plan meets international standard if carried out as planned. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea endorses the safety of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from Fukushima plant

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This image provided by Maxar Technologies, shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Southern Ukraine on Friday June 30, 2023. Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other of planning to attack one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants. But neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

U.N. nuclear agency pushes for access to Zaporizhzhia plant roof after reports of Russian explosives

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club Friday, July 7, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

China fumes as Japan gets big backing for Fukushima nuke wastewater plan

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Mariano Grossi shakes hands with Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi before their meeting at the Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The head of the U.N. nuclear agency is in Japan to meet with government leaders Tuesday and to see final preparations for the release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, on a visit Japan hopes will give credibility to the contentious plan. (Nozomu Endo/Kyodo News via AP)

IAEA chief visits Fukushima before radioactive water is released

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Environmental activists protest against the Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, near a building which houses the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 30, 2023. The letters read, "Radioactive water in ground facilities." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.N. nuclear agency chief to visit Fukushima plant to see final plans for release of wastewater

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Biden's Iran Nuke Deal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The time is ripe for a new nuclear deal with Iran

By Joel Rubin

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks to media in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

U.N. nuclear chief says large Ukraine atomic power plant held by Russia faces ‘dangerous situation’

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi listens to a question during a joint press conference with the head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami in Tehran, Saturday, March 4, 2023. The International Atomic Energy Agency will “never politicize” its work in Iran, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Monday, insisting after Israel’s prime minister accused it of capitulating to Iranian pressure that his agency has been “very fair but firm." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

U.N. nuclear chief, facing Israeli criticism on Iran, says his agency ‘very fair but firm’

By Stephanie Liechtenstein - Associated Press

The Natanz uranium enrichment facility buildings, south of Tehran, Iran, is seen in this March 30, 2005, file photo. A new underground facility at the Natanz enrichment site may put centrifuges beyond the range of a massive so-called “bunker buster” bomb earlier developed by the U.S. military, according to experts and satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press in May 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran’s state media claims UN watchdog closes two lines of inquiry on nuclear program

By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers try to load horses into a truck to evacuate them from an abandoned horse farm in war-hit Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

China, Ukraine leaders speak for first time since war began

By David Rising and Joe McDonald - 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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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with with U.N. atomic energy chief Rafael Mariano Grossi during a visit to Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Monday March 27, 2023. The two discussed the precarious situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which has lost several of its power transmission cables during the conflict and on multiple occasions has had to switch to emergency diesel generators. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

IAEA head: Increased combat around Ukrainian nuclear plant

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating appears by video link as he addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Keating on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on his nation’s plan to buy nuclear-powered submarines from the United States to modernize its fleet, saying “it must be the worst deal in all history.” (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating says subs ‘worst deal in all history’

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International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, arrives for a meeting with head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami as he is welcomed by the spokesman for Iran's atomic agency Behrouz Kamalvandi in Tehran, Saturday, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

As Iran’s nuclear program accelerates, U.N. tries to ease fears, but U.S. and Israel remain wary

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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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