IAEA to send more observers to Ukraine to ensure NPP safety
IAEA to send more experts to Ukraine (t.me/energoatom_ua)
The IAEA will expand its monitoring missions in Ukraine, with inspectors being sent to infrastructure facilities that affect the safety of nuclear power plants, citing Energoatom.
On Thursday, September 12, a group of IAEA experts visited one of the electrical substations that impacts the safety and stability of nuclear power plant operations. The substation was recently damaged during a massive enemy missile strike.
This visit marks the beginning of agreements between IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Going forward, IAEA monitoring missions will be present at critical electrical substations that are essential to the safety of nuclear installations.
"The Russians have changed their tactics and are targeting objects that are crucial for the uninterrupted operation of our nuclear power plants. The occupiers are creating a threat to nuclear and radiation safety, and this is true terrorism against humanity. The entire civilized world must firmly condemn these actions and demand an end to the attacks on substations," said Petro Kotin, head of Energoatom.
Situation at Ukrainian nuclear power plants
The largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine and Europe was occupied by Russian forces at the start of the full-scale invasion. The occupiers have effectively turned the Zaporizhzhia NPP into a military base, deploying soldiers, equipment, and even mining part of the territory.
Moreover, the occupiers have been engaging in provocations near the Zaporizhzhia plant, which has repeatedly come close to a blackout.
Recently, a Russian drone flew close to the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant.
