IAEA to deploy two experts at Ukrainian nuclear power plants
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The International Atomic Safety Agency (IAEA) plans to ensure the presence of two of its experts at each nuclear power plant in Ukraine. statement CEO of the organization Rafael Grossi.
The report notes that next week Grossi will visit the South Ukrainian and Rivne nuclear power plants, as well as the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, where two experts will be placed in the future. In the coming days, two experts will also appear at the Khmelnytsky NPP. At the Zaporizhzhya NPP, which has passed into the federal ownership of Russia, there are now four experts, he recalled.
“In the near future, the IAEA will have a permanent presence at all nuclear power facilities in Ukraine, including Chernobyl … Our experts in nuclear safety and security will monitor the situation at the plants, assess their equipment and other needs, provide technical support and consultations, as well as reporting their findings to the IAEA headquarters,” Grossi said.
The missions were organized at the request of Kyiv and agreed with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, he added.
Earlier Grossi also pointed outthat he plans to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba. After that, he hopes to visit Russia.
The last time the head of the IAEA visited Moscow was on December 22, 2022. Then Grossi and Director General of the state corporation Roscosmos Alexei Likhachev discussed approaches to creating a nuclear and physical safety protection zone at the Zaporozhye NPP. October 11, 2022 Grossi Meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.
Russia has controlled the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant since the end of February, since then the plant and the city of Energodar, in which it is located, have been subjected to regular shelling from Ukraine. In early October, after the Zaporozhye region became part of Russia, Putin instructed to take the plant facilities into federal ownership and create the Zaporozhye NPP Federal State Unitary Enterprise to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities.
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