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id="ans_ad_s3_z3_0" class="ad skyscraper"></div></aside></div>  <div class="col-main col-xs-9"> <div class="content"><div class="page-box banner-offset-top"><h1>ANS Rapid Response Taskforce on Ukraine</h1><p>The American Nuclear Society's Rapid Response Taskforce network of experts is monitoring Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the war's nuclear safety and security implications. We are in close communication with our nuclear colleagues around the world and with the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).</p><p><em>ANS supports the establishment of "safe zones" around Ukraine's nuclear power plants and endorses the <a href="https://www.wano.info/news-events/press-releases/statement-on-the-situation-in-the-ukraine">IAEA's "seven pillars" framework</a> for all combatants to abide in safeguarding nuclear facilities and staff. </em></p><p><strong>Are you media, a nuclear professional or stakeholder?</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ans.org/account/lists/subscribe/list-ukraineupdates/"><strong>Sign up to receive Taskforce updates and media statements on Ukraine</strong></a> or follow this page.</p><p>Media and stakeholders with specific information or questions can <a href="https://www.ans.org/contact/form/?r=response">contact our Rapid Response Taskforce</a>.</p><p><strong>Recommended sources for media to follow:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.iaea.org/">The United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency</a>:<ul><li><a href="https://www.iaea.org/ukraine-conflict">Ukraine newsfeed</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/iaeaorg">IAEA Twitter account</a></li><li><a href="https://pris.iaea.org/pris/">Power Reactor Information System (PRIS)</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://oecd-nea.org/">The OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency</a><a href="https://snriu.gov.ua/en"></a></li><li><a href="https://snriu.gov.ua/en">State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wano.info/">World Association of Nuclear Operators</a></li><li><a href="https://www.world-nuclear.org/">World Nuclear Association</a>:<ul><li><a href="https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/ukraine.aspx">"Nuclear Power in Ukraine"</a> (country profile)</li><li><a href="https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/russian-military-operation-and-ukraine-s-nuclear-p.aspx">"Russian Military Operation and Ukraine's Nuclear Plants"</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <hr class="blue separator"> <div class="page-box"> <h2>Ukraine on the <a href="/news/">Newswire</a></h2> <div id="articles"><article id="article_6917" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-04-07/article-6917/iaea-donates-ambulance-medical-equipment-for-ukraines-nuclear-workforce/">IAEA donates ambulance, medical equipment for Ukraine’s nuclear workforce</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>The United Nations' nuclear watchdog delivered emergency medical supplies to Ukraine last week as part of ongoing aid to the country since its conflict with Russia began in 2022.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a class="btn-arrow" href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-04-07/article-6917/iaea-donates-ambulance-medical-equipment-for-ukraines-nuclear-workforce/">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6884" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-24/article-6884/trump-suggests-us-takeover-of-nuclear-plant-in-ukrainerussia-ceasefire-talks/">Trump suggests U.S. takeover of Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine-Russia ceasefire talks</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>Amid recent ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine, President Donald Trump suggested the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-ceasefire-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-d45fa1cfde7790f0a8c19e4e997c605c">U.S. should take control</a> of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants for long-term security, the Associated Press reported.</p><p>“American ownership of those plants could be the best protection for that infrastructure,” Trump suggested, according to a later statement.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a class="btn-arrow" href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-24/article-6884/trump-suggests-us-takeover-of-nuclear-plant-in-ukrainerussia-ceasefire-talks/">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6852" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-13/article-6852/fires-extinguished-at-chernobyl-following-drone-strike/">Fires extinguished at Chernobyl following drone strike</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>Ukraine’s State Emergency Service has finally gained full control over a blaze that started February 14 after a <a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-02-18/article-6767/iaea-chernobyl-drone-strike-latest-threat-to-nuclear-safety-in-ukraine/">drone struck</a> the protective dome over the destroyed reactor from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant accident.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a class="btn-arrow" href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-13/article-6852/fires-extinguished-at-chernobyl-following-drone-strike/">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6767" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-02-18/article-6767/iaea-chernobyl-drone-strike-latest-threat-to-nuclear-safety-in-ukraine/">IAEA: Chernobyl drone strike latest threat to nuclear safety in Ukraine</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p><span data-teams="true">Social media this past weekend streamed with reactionary posts following a drone strike last Friday at the site of the destroyed reactor from the 1986 Chernobyl accident. The drone—armed with a warhead—ripped a hole in the </span><span data-teams="true">New Safe Confinement (NSC), a large structure built to prevent any radioactive release from the damaged reactor unit 4 and to protect it from any external hazard. The drone strike</span><span data-teams="true"> caused a fire that was still smoldering in places as of Monday morning, and left a hole larger than 500 square feet. </span>Efforts continue to mitigate the consequences of the fire and extinguish isolated smouldering areas of the NSC's insulation material.</p><p>Due to damage to the external and internal cladding of the NSC's arch and main crane system equipment, the safety boundaries and operational conditions of the NSC complex have been compromised, according to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChornobylNPP" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a class="btn-arrow" href="https://www.ans.org/news/2025-02-18/article-6767/iaea-chernobyl-drone-strike-latest-threat-to-nuclear-safety-in-ukraine/">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6625" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6625/iaea-convoy-hit-by-russian-drone/">IAEA convoy hit by Russian drone</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>A drone targeted and damaged an official vehicle of the International Atomic Energy Agency on December 10 as it traveled toward the front line in eastern Ukraine during a rotation of IAEA teams at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP). In a <a href="https://youtu.be/eVfWfuDlc0A">video message</a>, IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi condemned the strike as an “unacceptable” attack on IAEA staff working to prevent a nuclear accident during a military conflict.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a class="btn-arrow" href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6625/iaea-convoy-hit-by-russian-drone/">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6586" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6586/argonne-investigates-industrial-smr-applications-for-postwar-ukraine/">Argonne investigates industrial SMR applications for postwar Ukraine</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>Argonne National Laboratory will play a leading role in planning and rebuilding a nuclear-generated clean energy infrastructure for postwar Ukraine as part of the lab’s focus on developing small modular reactor applications to help countries meet energy security goals. The latest plans, described in a November 19 <a href="https://www.anl.gov/article/argonne-plays-critical-role-in-assessing-small-modular-reactor-applications-to-rebuild-a-clean">article</a>, were announced on November 16 at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a class="btn-arrow" href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6586/argonne-investigates-industrial-smr-applications-for-postwar-ukraine/">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6565" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6565/six-ukrainian-reactors-reduce-power-following-military-campaign/">Six Ukrainian reactors reduce power following military campaign</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>The International Atomic Energy Agency has reported that Ukraine’s operating nuclear power plants reduced electricity production yesterday morning as a precautionary measure following widespread military activities across the country that reportedly targeted its energy infrastructure.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a class="btn-arrow" href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6565/six-ukrainian-reactors-reduce-power-following-military-campaign/">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6464" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6464/iaea-warning-issued-after-assassination-of-znpp-worker/">IAEA warning issued after assassination of Zaporizhzhia worker</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>A man killed in a car bomb last week in Enerhodar, Ukraine, may have been targeted because of his ties to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.</p><p>The International Atomic Energy Agency received information from both the Russian Federation and Ukraine about the suspected assassination, which occurred in the town where most of the plant staff live, <a href="https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-253-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine">said</a> IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a class="btn-arrow" href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6464/iaea-warning-issued-after-assassination-of-znpp-worker/">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6413" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6413/chernobylarea-land-deemed-safe-for-new-agriculture/">Chernobyl-area land deemed safe for new agriculture</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><div class="captioned mc-right" style="width:20%;"><img src="/file/17653/Kashparov,+Valery+5x7.jpg" alt="" class="mc-block fr-fil fr-dib" data-height="512" data-width="366"><p class="caption">Kasparov</p></div><p>More than 80 percent of the territory that has been surveyed around the <a href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-3913/a-reactor-physicist-explains-chernobyl/">Chernobyl</a> nuclear power plant “can be returned to agricultural production,” said <a href="https://ua.linkedin.com/in/valery-kashparov-22533330">Valery Kashparov</a>, director of the Ukrainian Institute of Agricultural Radiology (UIAR) of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine.</p><p>Kashparov’s team of researchers reported in a recent article in <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435255-farmland-near-chernobyl-nuclear-reactor-is-finally-safe-to-use-again/"><em>New Scientist</em></a> the results of its radiation surveys of areas around the site of the 1986 nuclear power plant accident. The group concluded that radiation measurements on much of the land are now below levels regarded as unsafe by Ukrainian regulators.</p><p><strong>Decades of research: </strong>Kashparov, who has been with the UIAR since 1998, has spent the past 37 years conducting research related to Chernobyl, focusing on the physical-chemical and nuclear-physical properties of radioactive fallout in the area. </p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a class="btn-arrow" href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6413/chernobylarea-land-deemed-safe-for-new-agriculture/">Go to Article</a></p></article><article id="article_6357" class="article"><h4 class="headline"><a href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6357/iaea-expanding-aid-to-protect-ukraine-nuclear-infrastructure/">IAEA expanding aid to protect Ukraine nuclear infrastructure</a></h4><div class="text"><div class="content"><div class="page-box"><div class="copy"><p>The military conflict with Russia that began in February 2022 has left Ukraine with “dangerous instability” of its national grid, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s director general Rafael Mariano Grossi.</p><p>Following a meeting in Kyiv with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on September 3, Grossi <a href="https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/iaea-steps-up-nuclear-safety-assistance-to-ukraine-director-general-grossi-announces-in-kyiv">promised</a> to take a more proactive stance in protecting the country’s energy infrastructure—especially where nuclear safety is vulnerable. During recent months there have been numerous missile and drone attacks, with some directly causing the disconnection of several nuclear power plants.</p></div></div></div></div><p class="more"><a class="btn-arrow" href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-6357/iaea-expanding-aid-to-protect-ukraine-nuclear-infrastructure/">Go to Article</a></p></article></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>   <section class="bottom-leaderboard"> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="row center-xs"> <div class="col-xs-12">  <div id="ans_ad_s1_z1_0" class="ad desktop"></div>  <div id="ans_ad_s1_z2_0" class="ad mobile"></div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </main> <footer class="footer"> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-6"> <a href="https://www.ans.org/join/" class="medium-blue"><span>Join ANS Today</span> <span class="circle"><i class="fas fa-long-arrow-right"></i></span> <span class="hover"></span> <span class="focus"></span> </a> </div> <div class="col-xs-6"> <a 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