Archiv: Radioaktivität / radioactivity


06.04.2026 - 17:05 [ IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency / X ]

Based on its independent analysis of new satellite imagery and detailed knowledge of the site, the IAEA can confirm recent impacts of military strikes close to Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), including one just 75 metres from the site perimeter.

The BNPP itself has not been damaged, the IAEA’s analysis of the 5 April imagery shows.

Once again, IAEA Director General @rafaelmgrossi warns that continued military activity near the BNPP – an operating plant with large amounts of nuclear fuel – could cause a severe radiological accident with harmful consequences for people and the environment in Iran and beyond.

Regardless of the nature of the intended targets, DG Grossi says such attacks pose a very real danger to nuclear safety and must stop. DG Grossi reiterates call for all parties to fully respect the 7 indispensable pillars for ensuring nuclear safety and security during a conflict. A nuclear facility and surrounding areas should never be struck, DG Grossi says.

06.04.2026 - 16:58 [ Reuters ]

IAEA confirms impact of recent strikes near Iran‘s Bushehr nuclear power plant

The UN atomic watchdog ​said that the confirmation was based on its independent analysis ​of new satellite ​imagery and detailed knowledge of the ‌site, ⁠adding that one strike had hit only 75 metres from the site ​perimeter.

05.04.2026 - 11:55 [ United Nations ]

UN nuclear agency chief ‘deeply concerned’ by reports of latest attack on Iran power plant

(April 4, 2026)

Reports of yet another projectile strike near the Bushehr nuclear power plant prompted Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to register his deep concern on Saturday.

The IAEA was informed of the strike – the fourth such incident in recent weeks – by Iranian officials. Iran also informed the agency that a member of the site’s physical protection staff members was killed by a projectile fragment and that a building on site was affected by shockwaves and fragments.

Mr. Grossi emphasised that nuclear power plant sites or nearby areas must never be attacked, noting that auxiliary site buildings may contain vital safety equipment. No increase in radiation levels was reported, following the latest incident.

Reiterating call for maximum military restraint to avoid risk of a nuclear accident, Mr. Grossi again stressed the paramount importance of adhering to the IAEA’s seven pillars for ensuring nuclear safety and security during a conflict (see below).

05.04.2026 - 08:53 [ Reuters ]

Russia evacuates 198 more staff from Iran‘s Bushehr nuclear plant, agencies report

Russian news agencies cited Rosatom chief Alexei Likhachev as saying that developments near ​the plant ​were ⁠unfolding in line with the worst-case scenario.
Likhachev said that ​the killed staff member was ​an ⁠Iranian national.
Rosatom said it had informed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the ⁠situation ​surrounding the plant, the ​TASS news agency cited Likhachev as saying.

04.04.2026 - 19:44 [ PressTV.ir ]

Iran warns of radioactive catastrophe after 4th attack on Bushehr nuclear plant

The foreign minister criticized the silence and inaction of Western governments in condemning the highly dangerous attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities as he drew a parallel between a similar alleged attack by Russia on a major Ukrainian nuclear power plant in early 2022.

”Remember the Western outrage about hostilities near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine? … Israel-U.S. have bombed our Bushehr plant four times now. Radioactive fallout will end life in GCC capitals, not Tehran,” he said, making a reference to member states of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council.

04.04.2026 - 19:37 [ Al Jazeera ]

Projectile hits near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant, killing one: IAEA

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi expressed “deep concern about the reported incident and says [nuclear] sites or nearby areas must never be attacked, noting that auxiliary site buildings may contain vital safety equipment”, the statement read.

Grossi also reiterated a “call for maximum military restraint to avoid risk of a nuclear accident,” the IAEA added.

22.03.2026 - 11:01 [ theGuardian.com ]

Iran hits Israeli town housing nuclear facility in retaliation for Natanz strike

An Iranian missile has hit the Israeli town of Dimona, home to a nuclear facility, in what Iran said was retaliation for strikes on its own nuclear site at Natanz.

Dimona hosts a facility just outside the main town widely believed to possess the Middle East’s sole nuclear arsenal, although Israel has never admitted to possessing nuclear weapons.

22.03.2026 - 10:53 [ Vatican News ]

IAEA urges restraint after reported strike on Iran’s Natanz site

(March 21, 2026, 15:13)

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog on Saturday urged military restraint after Iran said its Natanz nuclear facility had been targeted by strikes.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said Tehran informed the agency that the site “was attacked today,” though the IAEA reported no increase in off‑site radiation levels.

Natanz is reportedly one of three underground Iranian nuclear sites struck by the United States last June.

22.03.2026 - 10:50 [ Reuters ]

Natanz enrichment facility targeted in US-Israeli attack, Iran‘s Tasnim says

(March 21, 20269:41 AM GMT)

No radioactive ‌leaks ⁠occurred and residents near ​the ​site ⁠were not ​at ​risk, ⁠Tasnim added.

23.06.2025 - 18:36 [ Livemint.com ]

Israel-Iran war: After explosions boom Bushehr, Iran‘s only nuclear plant; Rosatom downplays attack – ‘site remains…’

Bushehr is Iran‘s only operating nuclear power plant and was built by Russia. Located on the Gulf Coast, at Bushehr, Russian fuel is used and then taken back to Russia when its spent in order to reduce nuclear proliferation risk, reported Reuters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has up to 600 staff at Bushehr, including 250 permanent workers and others on temporary assignment. He said Israel had issued a promise to Russia over their safety.

21.06.2025 - 14:36 [ NewArab.com ]

Israel strikes Iranian nuclear plant in Isfahan as FM arrives in Turkey for talks

Israel attacked Iran‘s Isfahan nuclear site in the early hours of Saturday, the Fars news agency reported, saying there were no hazardous leaks or risk to the population. (,,,)

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Istanbul on Saturday, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, for a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as the conflict with Israel rages.

13.06.2025 - 12:42 [ Associated Press ]

IAEA confirms Israeli strike hit nuclear facility

In a statement on the social platform X, the IAEA’s head Rafael Mariano Grossi was quoted as saying: “The IAEA is closely monitoring the deeply concerning situation in Iran. … The Agency is in contact with Iranian authorities regarding radiation levels. We are also in contact with our inspectors in the country.”

26.04.2021 - 19:29 [ IPPNW ]

35 Jahre nach Tschernobyl – der europaweite Atomausstieg ist überfällig

Mögliche strahlenbedingte Gesundheitsfolgen wie Hirn- und Herzinfarkte wurden von der westlichen Forschung lange nicht anerkannt. Doch neuere, länderübergreifende Studien an Atomarbeitern aus Frankreich, Großbritannien und den USA haben gezeigt, dass es auch bei relativ niedriger und langsam erfolgender Aufnahme von ionisierender Strahlung zu tödlichen Hirn- und Herzinfarkten infolge von Blutgefäßschädigung kommen kann.

10.03.2021 - 12:24 [ teleSUR ]

Study: French Nuclear Tests Affected Over 100 000 in the Pacific

French Polynesia, a French colonial territory in the Pacific, made up of hundreds of islands and atolls, including Tahiti, was the site of dozens of nuclear tests conducted by France over a period of 30 years.

20.10.2020 - 22:06 [ National Nuclear Security Administration ]

NNSA to conduct aerial radiation measurements over Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over downtown Washington, D.C. and areas in and around the Nation’s capital beginning on October 19 in preparation for the Presidential Inauguration. The inauguration is scheduled to take place on January 20, 2021.

14.09.2020 - 00:36 [ Independent Australia ]

New nuclear legislation set to provide toxic dumping ground in South Australia

30 August 2020 – UNDER THE PRESSURE of The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), The Australian Government is in a hurry to get a new bill passed. It‘s not really a new bill, it‘s actually a new bit tacked on to an existing one. It‘s called the National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020.

The amendment does two important things: it selects a definite place in South Australia, a farmer‘s property called Napandee, as a radioactive waste dump and it removes the possibility of a judicial review of that selection.

03.07.2020 - 18:18 [ ORF.at ]

Radioaktivität in Nordeuropa vermutlich von Kernreaktor

Dafür verantwortlich könnte ein aktiver Reaktor sein oder ein Reaktor, der gerade gewartet werde, sagte die Internationale Atomenergiebehörde (IAEA) heute. Sie bekräftigte, dass die Emissionen weder für Umwelt noch für Menschen eine Gefahr darstellten.

Den Standort des Reaktors konnte die IAEA nach eigenen Angaben noch nicht bestimmen.