IAEA calls for all Zaporozhye NPP reactors to be left in cold shutdown

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All six reactors of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (AZPP) must be in cold shutdown because the state of the plant is extremely unstable. This was stated by Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Web site departments.

“There is an understanding that because Europe’s largest nuclear power plant is in a war zone, its six reactors must remain in cold shutdown mode for the time being,” the agency’s chief said.

He noted that before any decision on commissioning reactors at the Zaporizhia NPP, all operational and regulatory aspects of the plant must be thoroughly examined.

Even if all six reactors were cold shut down, “the safety and security of the facility remains extremely unstable,” Grossi said.

Before that, the head of the IAEA said that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was still in operation. faces with threats. Risks included problems with external power supplies, water supply for cooling reactors, and personnel and equipment maintenance.

Former head of the IAEA Grossi accepted Restarting the Zaporozhye NPP is impossible.

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