IAEA Chief visits Zaporizhzhia NPP and inspects burned-out cooling tower: Footage
Photo: Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Getty Images)
An IAEA mission visited the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Agency representatives inspected the burned-out cooling tower, according to the Twitter (X) account of Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The head of the agency reported that it has been two years since the IAEA established a permanent presence at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Photo: Grossi at the ZNPP (x.com/rafaelmgrossi)
Photo: Grossi at the ZNPP (x.com/rafaelmgrossi)
Photo: Grossi at the ZNPP (x.com/rafaelmgrossi)
Photo: Grossi at the ZNPP (x.com/rafaelmgrossi)
"During my 5th visit to the site, IAEA experts and I assessed situation after Aug 11 cooling tower fire and ongoing work on water pumps & fuel storage. It's crucial the Agency remains engaged," Grossi emphasized.
Fire at the ZNPP
On August 11, Yevhen Yevtushenko, head of the Nikopol district military administration, reported a fire at the ZNPP.
Residents of Nikopol were the first to notice the fire at one of the station's cooling towers on the temporarily occupied shore of the former Kakhovka Reservoir.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the fire and stated that it was started by Russian occupiers. It is worth noting that the ZNPP continued to operate during the fire.
On August 14, IAEA staff attempted to access the area where the fire occurred but were unable to enter due to restrictions imposed by the occupiers.
