No indications any country tested nuclear weapons, says UN nuclear watchdog chief

By Elena Teslova

MOSCOW (AA) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi on Friday said there is no evidence that any country has tested nuclear weapons.

Speaking at a news conference in Kaliningrad, Grossi confirmed that the global monitoring system designed to detect such tests has not recorded any relevant events.

"There is an organization in Vienna that monitors the conduct of nuclear weapons tests. And according to this monitoring system, which is currently in operation, there have been no events indicating that such tests have been conducted," he said in response to a direct question about tests by any nation, including the US.

Grossi came to Kaliningrad for a meeting with Alexey Likhachev, the head of the Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom, to discuss the situation surrounding the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.