The Latest Breaking News from International Atomic Energy Agency

Russian forces have been in control of the defunct Chernobyl site since its invasion of Ukraine began, prompting concerns about the defunct nuclear site's safety.

Ukraine-Russia news from March 11: UN says it is not aware of Ukraine biological weapons programme.

Power has been cut to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine said Wednesday, but the UN's atomic watchdog said there was "no critical impact on safety". The news from the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster came as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said data transmission was also lost…

Russia-Ukraine news from March 10: Kyiv’s mayor says nearly two million people have left the capital since invasion.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog has lost touch with its remote systems that monitor nuclear material at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, it said on Wednesday.

When fighting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulted in power cuts to the critical cooling system at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, fears arose that spent nuclear fuel would overheat

The US lower house overwhelmingly approves legislation that would ban Russian oil imports to the United States.

France says it is in direct contact with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as Paris seeks to assess the situation at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant amid growing fears that Russia's invasion could deliberately target nuclear facilities.

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereschuk tells the ABC's Four Corners she is concerned about a potential catastrophe if power is not restored at the plant within the next 48 hours.