French nuclear energy firm reports crack in pipe at aging plant
The crack was reported after EDF confirmed a "serious corrosion problem" at its Penly 1 plant, which was among 16 taken offline over the last year.
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The crack was reported after EDF confirmed a "serious corrosion problem" at its Penly 1 plant, which was among 16 taken offline over the last year.
Scientists at a U.S. government lab have announced a breakthrough in efforts to create technology that could one day offer humanity a clean, unlimited source of energy.
Rep. Ted Lieu of California said if the announcement this week is what's expected, "it could be a game changer for the world."
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi tells Lesley Stahl about the precarious nuclear situation in Ukraine and the work his team is doing to prevent a catastrophe.
The announcement comes less than two weeks after Iran said it had begun producing enriched uranium at 60% purity.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Vladimir Putin of "energy terror" as millions of civilians are plunged into frigid darkness.
Tehran, responding to a censure by the U.N. nuclear watchdog for non-cooperation, says it's now enriching uranium to 60 percent at its underground Fordo plant.
"We were fortunate a potentially serious nuclear incident did not happen. Next time, we may not be so lucky," the IAEA chief warned.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, tells Lesley Stahl about the situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which has been shelled repeatedly since March.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi tells Lesley Stahl about the precarious nuclear situation in Ukraine and the work his team is doing to prevent a catastrophe.
CBS News goes inside the "world's most complex machine," a multinational experiment to create a sustainable "energy future" for the whole planet
2 weeks of relentless, seemingly indiscriminate Russian bombing has killed more than 70 in the city of Zaporizhzhia alone, and the attacks are increasing.
Russia's latest "nuclear terrorism" raises the risk of a "radiation accident" at the Zaporizhzhia plant, Ukraine's state nuclear operator says.
The country's nuclear operator says a deputy director from the Zaporizhzhia plant is being held and Russia is "probably using methods of torture and intimidation."
The biggest nuclear power plant in Europe is now relying on emergency diesel generators, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
Amid fear Putin could resort to nuclear weapons, CBS News sees the extent to which Russia's leader is already punishing Ukrainian civilians for his military's losses.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog welcomed the release of the chief of the embattled Zaporizhzhia plant several days after he was allegedly blindfolded and abducted.
The nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, is located in one of four Ukrainian regions which Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed this week to have annexed.
Russia sees protests over military mobilization as CBS News tours a base where some of Putin's finest appear to have bolted in the face of Ukraine's counteroffensive.
Biden to urge "respect for the core principles of the international order" as Russia's war on Ukraine drives a "crisis in confidence" in the U.N. system.
"Russia is playing Russian roulette with a nuclear incident," said Barbara Woodward, Britain's Ambassador to the United Nations.
As Russia tries to divide Ukraine's EU allies by cutting off the gas, Ukrainian "hostages of this war" face a winter in crumbling homes with no heat.
The IAEA said in a new report that it remains gravely concerned about Zaporizhzhia, the nuclear plant in Ukraine that's drawing growing concern of a disaster. While the ongoing shelling has not yet triggered a nuclear emergency, it's a constant threat. Debora Patta reports.
The director general of the IAEA wants a demilitarized bubble around the perimeter of Europe's largest nuclear plant.
Tuesday marks the first day of classes for the Uvalde, Texas school district since the May 24 shooting in which 21 people, mostly kids, were killed. U.N. inspectors will brief the Security Council Tuesday on what they found at a Ukraine nuclear power plant that’s been shelled in recent weeks. And Frances Tiafoe beat 22-time major champion Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open.