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IAEA team heading to Ukraine's Zaporozhye NPP: Grossi

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 29 Aug 2022 07:33
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi reveals that an IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye NPP is on its way after hard negotiations.

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  • A view showcases the Zaporozhye NPP outside the city of Enerhodar, Ukraine on August 22.
    A view showcases the Zaporozhye NPP outside the city of Enerhodar, Ukraine on August 22.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said Monday that the Agency's inspectors are on their way to the Zaporozhye NPP power plant amid mounting fears over a potential nuclear accident.

"The day has come, IAEA's Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporozhye is now on its way," Grossi tweeted.

He added the team from the UN atomic watchdog would arrive at Europe's largest nuclear power plant "later this week".

The day has come, @IAEAorg's Support and Assistance Mission to #Zaporizhzhya (ISAMZ) is now on its way. We must protect the safety and security of #Ukraine’s and Europe’s biggest nuclear facility. Proud to lead this mission which will be in #ZNPP later this week. pic.twitter.com/tyVY7l4SrM

— Rafael MarianoGrossi (@rafaelmgrossi) August 29, 2022

The IAEA's announcement comes as Russia's Defense Ministry warned Saturday that the site of the Zaporozhye NPP was shelled repeatedly over the past 24 hours.

On his account, the head of the regional military-civil administration Yevhen Balytskyi affirmed that Zaporozhye city authorities have expressed readiness to facilitate IAEA experts’ visit to ZNPP and provide them security, as per Sputnik.

"We are ready to receive an IAEA mission, we are ready to provide them with full security on our part, we are ready to provide them with access to the station and the adjacent territory so that they can assess the real situation, inspect the shelling sites and get proof that shelling is carried out from the territory controlled by Ukraine… The main question is whether Ukraine is ready to adhere to a ceasefire for the duration of the mission," Balytskyi said.

However, he also expressed doubts that Kiev would allow the IAEA to visit the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

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"Ukraine is doing everything to prevent the IAEA mission from entering the station," Balitsky said.

"I think the Kiev regime will do everything, find any excuse, to prevent the IAEA representatives from coming. This visit is not beneficial for Ukraine," he stressed.

On Sunday, the Russian Ministry of Defense once again warned that Ukraine continues with its "provocations aimed at creating a threat of a man-made nuclear disaster" at the Zaporozhye NPP power plant. 

What you need to know

Russian forces have had complete control over the Zaporozhye NPP since March, but drone attacks by Ukrainian forces have regularly targeted the facility, leading Russia to request help from the IAEA to address security issues.

Two weeks ago, Russia accused the office of the United Nations Secretary-General of obstructing the work of IAEA experts and preventing them from visiting the NPP in eastern Ukraine.

Moscow had underlined several times that a trip by an IAEA delegation to the NPP through Kiev and then across the contact line will be very dangerous.

It is noteworthy that according to the head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, the Russian Defense Ministry is considering the shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP by Ukrainian forces an act of nuclear terrorism under a UN convention adopted by a resolution of the UN General Assembly. 

The official said if an accident were to happen, which the shelling could potentially cause, the effects would surpass the scale of Chernobyl and Fukushima - the entire territories of Ukraine, Donetsk, Lugansk, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Bulgaria, and Romania would be contaminated by nuclear waste.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian army sabotaged a high-voltage power line that provides electricity to nearby regions, which sparked a "power surge" at the station, causing smoke in a switchgear used to protect electrical equipment. 

Russia has rejected previous claims, made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, that it uses the Zaporozhye NPP as a military base.

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