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Appears in 13 stories · Last updated Nov 9, 2026
Monitoring nuclear facilities during active conflict; credibility under scrutiny after Natanz reversal
The United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, 2026, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and hitting nuclear and military sites. A 60-day ceasefire expired on August 18 without renewal, and Iran said it would shift to a 'fully offensive' military posture.
Updated 2 days ago
Was informed by Ukraine after drones hit a substation critical to the Khmelnytskyi nuclear plant in November 2026.
Since October 2022, Russia has attacked Ukraine’s power plants, substations, rail hubs and ports in repeated missile and drone waves. The campaign forced a formal energy emergency in January 2026, when the grid met only 60% of demand and available capacity had fallen to about 14 gigawatts from 33.7 before the invasion.
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Reported in May 2026 that Iran had amassed a record stockpile of highly enriched uranium; in June, Director General Grossi said the US-Iran memorandum granted inspectors access, a claim Iran disputed.
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran's military sites, nuclear facilities and leadership. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed, and his son Mojtaba was chosen to replace him. Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, a route for about a fifth of world oil, and a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire on April 8 was followed by failed talks in Islamabad and a US naval blockade of Iranian ports.
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Standards body and review provider
Rwanda's atomic energy board and Russia's state nuclear corporation signed a memorandum in Moscow in late October to develop small modular reactors, build a nuclear science centre and train Rwandan specialists. Rosatom describes it as a memorandum covering the assessment and development of nuclear infrastructure. No reactor model, site, price or construction timetable has been announced.
Updated Nov 1
As of September 2026: Monitoring North Korea's nuclear program remotely
North Korea has completed a second uranium enrichment facility at Yongbyon, the International Atomic Energy Agency says. The two-storey building can house up to 28 centrifuge cascades, and an expanded annex at Kangson began operating in January 2026.
Updated Sep 10
As of September 2026: Brokering ceasefires, monitoring plant safety
Europe's largest nuclear plant has run on emergency diesel generators since August 20, when military activity severed its last connection to the power grid. Diesel reserves are nearly gone, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned the plant could lose all power within days.
Updated Sep 5
As of August 2026: Will carry out the material removal by end of 2026
For nineteen years, the ruins of a bombed reactor in eastern Syria held a stash of uranium no inspector could touch. Now Syria's new government says it will let the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), haul the material away. The move heads off an Israeli threat to bomb the site a second time.
Updated Aug 11
As of May 2026: Provided oversight and verification on the Venezuela transfer
About 13.5 kilograms of bomb-grade uranium sat in a shuttered Venezuelan research reactor for 35 years. This week the US flew it to a processing site in South Carolina, less than six weeks after inspectors first walked the floor.
Updated May 31
As of May 2026: Safeguards inspector and safety reviewer for Rooppur
Bangladesh first considered building a nuclear plant in 1961, when the site at Rooppur was still part of East Pakistan. Sixty-five years later, on April 28, 2026, technicians began lowering 163 uranium fuel assemblies into the core of Unit 1—the step that turns a construction project into a nuclear power station.
As of May 2026: Monitoring Bushehr remotely; issuing safety warnings
A projectile struck 350 meters from Iran's only operating nuclear reactor on April 4, killing a security guard and damaging an auxiliary building. It was the fourth time ordnance has landed on or near the Bushehr nuclear power plant since the United States and Israel began striking Iran on February 28.
Updated May 30
As of May 2026: Monitoring nuclear sites and radiation levels during active conflict
Iran's nuclear infrastructure has become the primary target of an intensifying US-Israeli air campaign that began February 28 and has now entered its sixth week. The Natanz uranium enrichment complex has been struck four times. On April 4, 2026, US and Israeli forces expanded the campaign to strike the Bushehr nuclear power plant and the Mahshahr petrochemical hub in southwestern Iran. The strikes killed at least one security guard and wounded five workers. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned that strikes on civilian nuclear power plants cross 'the reddest line' of nuclear safety, raising the risk of a radiological catastrophe. Meanwhile, Iran has demonstrated growing military capability: on April 4, Iranian air defenses downed two US warplanes, marking the first confirmed loss of American aircraft in the conflict.
As of May 2026: Monitoring Iran's nuclear activities post-strikes
Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington this week with a single message: any deal with Iran must go beyond uranium. After three hours in the Oval Office on February 11, President Trump emerged saying 'nothing definitive' was reached—but negotiations would continue.
Updated May 27
As of May 2026: Monitoring nuclear safety risks created by grid instability and wartime strikes
Ukrainian officials say more than 450 drones and about 30 missiles hit energy and port infrastructure overnight. Odesa and surrounding areas went dark.
Updated May 15
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