IAEA establishes permanent mission at Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant | News

The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said Thursday that they will establish a continuous presence at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, after completing his first visit to the facilities.

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Through his Twitter account, Grossi noted, “I am concluding my first visit to the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The IAEA is here to stay and will maintain a continuous presence.”

The official stated that the FANR team that arrived at the nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, was able to gather a lot of information and see “the main areas we wanted to see in this first approach to the whole facility,” adding that there was still much to be done.

“Of course, there is still much to be done. My team remains. And most importantly, we will organize a permanent IAEA presence here,” he stressed.

In addition, he stressed the need to know what is happening on the ground, so the continued presence of the International Atomic Energy Agency at the station will help to obtain regular, reliable and impartial data.

The organization’s mission arrived the day before in the city where the station is located, and Grossi emphasized at the time that its purpose was “to prevent a nuclear accident.”

In this regard, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that “despite the attempts of the Kyiv regime to disrupt the visit of the IAEA team of experts to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the Russian side confirms its readiness to receive it in complete safety.”

The Russian authorities have denounced that the facilities of this nuclear power plant have been repeatedly attacked by Ukrainian forces.

Since the beginning of March, the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, operated by the Ukrainian company Energoatom, has come under the control of the Russian forces, which, according to the authorities of that country, consider it necessary to prevent the escape of nuclear and radioactive materials. Materials.