After weeks of negotiations and tensions Zaporizhia nuclear power plantin the southeast UkraineA team of experts from the UN nuclear agency IAEA left Vienna for the plant, It has been occupied by Russian troops since March.
This Monday was reported on Twitter by the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossiwho added a photo of the team of 14 experts will be “later this week” at the factoryEurope’s largest.
“That day has finally come‘ states the CEO’s tweet, without giving details about the experts’ travel route or the expected duration of the mission.
The group, sent to Ukraine and led by Grossi himself, includes the IAEA’s directors of security measures (controls), Massimiliano Aparo, and technological and physical nuclear safety, Lydie Evrard.
Bombing at the factory
According to the information received by the IAEA from Ukraine, Numerous bomb attacks in Zaporizhia in recent dayshowever, it did not cause any radioactive leaks at the facility.
According to the Ukrainian president, Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the attacks. Volodymyr Zelenskythey were about to cause a radioactive catastrophe.
The Russian military occupied the six-reactor facility in early March, and since then local employees of the facility have operated the facility under Moscow’s military watch.
According to Grossi’s statement last night, The IAEA mission must assess the physical damage to facility facilities.and determine whether the main safety and security system and backup system are working.
In addition, it should evaluate the working conditions of the plant personnel and carry out emergency protection activities (controls) to ensure the stocks of nuclear material declared by Ukraine to the IAEA.
Source: Informacion
