According to the general director, the IAEA mission collected “a lot of important information” on the ZNPP.
The International Atomic Energy Agency intends to leave its representatives on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. This was announced by the Director General of the IAEA and the head of its mission at the ZANP, Raphael Grossi, according to the Russian media.
According to the BBC, the mission will be at the facility until September 3. Subsequently, its experts will begin to work out the possibility of permanent presence of the organization's supervisors in the area of the station.
Grossi also said that during the several hours of the delegation's work at the Zaporizhzhia NPP, it was possible to collect “a lot of important information”, without specifying what exactly it was about.
According to the general director, he saw the “key things” he wanted to see.
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The head of the IAEA also said that his team will probably talk to residents of the city of Energodar, which is temporarily occupied by the Russian military, located near the ZNPP .
Earlier, the Russian side stated that the visit of the IAEA delegation to the nuclear power plant would last one day. During this time, experts should familiarize themselves with the operation of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. However, the head of the mission and the Director General of the IAEA Rafael Grossi expressed the hope that it will last for several days, and not a day, as they said in the Russian Federation.
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We would like to remind you that the delegation of the International Agency from atomic energy arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday. On the same day, the head of mission Rafael Grossi met with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
See the special topic: Zelensky dissolved the Ukrainian delegation in the TCG for Donbass Having recognized the “sovereignty” of the ORDLO, Moscow actually withdrew from the Minsk agreements. Zelensky created new military administrations in Donetsk region Military administrations were created in 4 communities. Sweden allocates a new package of military aid to Ukraine It should include artillery ammunition, self-propelled guns and an air defense system needed by the Ukrainian military on the front lines. Macron promises to prevent Russia from winning the war in Ukraine But he does not give up communication with Putin. Grossi emphasized that the IAEA will establish a permanent presence at the Zaporizhzhia NPP The agency's general director also stated that the integrity of the ZNPP was repeatedly violated both accidentally and intentionally.
