IAEA Director-General Grossi has arrived in Ukraine to negotiate the safety of nuclear facilities
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Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrives in Ukraine to hold talks with Ukrainian officials
This was reported by the IAEA press service.
According to the press service, Grossi also intends to visit one of the nuclear power plants.
Negotiations with officials will discuss the issue of technical assistance from the IAEA to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities and prevent accidents.
Ukraine turned to the agency for help.
"The IAEA has developed concrete and detailed plans to assist in the safety of Ukraine's nuclear facilities, which include fifteen nuclear power reactors at four stations, as well as the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, where radioactive waste management facilities are located after the 1986 accident," the statement said.
According to Grossi, the "military conflict" is an unprecedented threat to Ukraine's nuclear power plants and other facilities with radioactive materials.
"Ukraine has one of the largest nuclear energy programs in Europe. The presence of the IAEA where it is necessary to ensure security is of paramount importance. Now we are ready to provide the necessary support," Grossi said.
Note.
As Rubryka reported, the Russian occupiers seized the Chornobyl nuclear power plant on February 24. All facilities of the Chornobyl NPP and facilities located in the exclusion zone are under the control of the Russian military.
On March 20, a partial rotation of Chernobyl personnel was finally carried out and people who had been on the occupied station since the beginning of the invasion were evacuated.
Ukraine demands that the UN Security Council take immediate measures to demilitarize the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone captured by the occupiers and establish a special UN mission there.
The occupiers captured the Zaporizhzhia NPP on the night of March 4.
As a result, a fire broke out in the training building of the NPP.
