Sweden will allocate almost $2 million to strengthen Ukraine’s nuclear security
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Sweden will send through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 20 million Swedish kronor (almost $2 million) to strengthen nuclear safety and electricity supply in Ukraine, says in a press release from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Today, January 26, the government decided to continue supporting Ukraine. The support is aimed at strengthening nuclear safety and electricity supply in Ukraine by funding the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In 2023, support will amount to a total of SEK 20 million,” the statement said.
Improved safety in and around nuclear power plants will have a positive impact on electricity supply in Ukraine, the report said.
20 January IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi informed about the imminent start of the agency’s mission at the Khmelnytsky NPP. The experts of the organization are already present at the Rivne, South-Ukrainian, Chernobyl and Zaporizhia stations. On that day, Grossi reiterated the importance of establishing a security zone around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. According to him, on this issue, he will continue to conduct “intensive” consultations with Russia and Ukraine in the near future. The head of the IAEA assured that the agency would stay in Ukraine for as long as necessary.
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. On October 11, 2022, Grossi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.
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