The United States leads globally with 94 operational reactors and no units under construction. It produces about 781,979 GWh of electricity annually from nuclear power, supplying roughly 30 per cent of global nuclear generation.

Top 7 countries with the most nuclear reactors as global atomic power expands: See where India stands

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that a member of the site’s physical protection team was killed by shrapnel, while parts of the facility sustained damage from shockwaves and debris. 

'Strike could trigger nuclear accident': WHO chief sounds alarm of risk after attacks on Iran power plant

The IAEA said that Ukraine accused Russia of launching the strike at Chernobyl on February 14, but the Kremlin refuted the claim. The missile attack hit the NSC, sparking a fire and damaging the protective cladding around it.

IAEA warns Chernobyl nuclear plant's protective shield damaged after drone strike — Should Ukraine worry?

The United Nations nuclear energy chief, on Tuesday (June 13), visited the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv and met with President Volodymyr Zelensky before going to Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant days after the massive Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River was breached.

‘Very concerned’: UN nuclear chief about Zaporizhzhia plant amid Ukraine’s counteroffensive

While months of negotiations have entered a crucial stage, Iran and the United States are struggling to overcome divisions on three major issues in indirect talks on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran nuclear deal: What are major issues bedevilling talks on its revival?

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday (August 11) called for an end to military activities surrounding Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station as Moscow and Kyiv blamed one other for resumed shelling.

International nuclear watchdog warns of 'grave' danger around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Seeking to salvage the agreement on Tehran's atomic ambitions, negotiations kicked off a fresh round of talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Vienna on Thursday.

Iran nuclear deal: Indirect talks resume in Vienna as Tehran expands enrichment

Under the decommissioning plan, the treated radioactive water stored in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that got wrecked in the 2011 earthquake will now be released into the sea, come spring next year.

Japan to release treated radioactive water from Fukushima plant into the sea

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency said Saturday after talks in Tehran that they agreed on an approach to resolve issues crucial in efforts to revive the country's 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran, UN watchdog agree approach to resolve nuclear issues

How has Iran been doing after US left landmark nuclear deal?

Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected as a "trap" reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN's nuclear watchdog, found traces of uranium at an Iranian site that Israel called a "secret atomic warehouse".

Iran rejects reports of IAEA finding traces of uranium at unnamed site

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday slammed Tehran's treatment of an inspector with the UN's nuclear watchdog agency last week as "an outrageous and unwarranted act of intimidation.

US Secretary of State Pompeo slams Iran 'intimidation' of IAEA inspector as 'outrageous'

The U.N's nuclear watchdog said Friday Iran had taken "a step in the right direction" towards dealing with questions on its nuclear programme but cautioned that the issues have not been "completely addressed".

U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran taking 'step in right direction'

The acting head of the UN's nuclear watchdog will meet officials in Iran this weekend, the organisation said Friday, as Tehran prepares to detail its latest scale-back to commitments under a 2015 deal to curb its nuclear programme.

Acting United Nations nuclear watchdog head to meet Iranian officials

The United Nation nuclear watchdog said on Thursday - it had fixed the timetable for the election of a new director-general following the death of Yukiya Amano two weeks ago.

United Nations nuclear watchdog aims to name permanent chief by October

UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano has died, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday, just as he was preparing to step down because of an unspecified illness.

United Nation nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano dies aged 72

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The United States has called an emergency meeting of the UN atomic watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors to discuss Iran, the US mission to the agency said on Friday, after Tehran breached its 2015 nuclear deal with major powers.

United Nations nuclear watchdog's board to meet on Iran at request of US

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