Russia stops sharing data on radiation levels at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant with Ukraine
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Russian forces cut off the radiation background access at the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to Ukraine, Chief State Inspector for Nuclear Safety of Ukraine Oleh Korikov said at a briefing on June 14.
The representatives of the IAEA, while visiting the Zaporizhzhia plant, are forced to write down the data manually.
They picture the information from the sensors, record it and transmit it to the IAEA's main office in Vienna.
The data is integrated into the relevant system, which is accessible to all IAEA states, including Ukraine.
Ukraine's official emphasized the relevant team arrived from Moscow two weeks ago. He noted that Russia cut off access to radiation monitoring facilities located at the ZNPP industrial site.
Such actions are absolutely unacceptable, and the aggressor country violates the requirements of nuclear and radiation safety, Kornikov adds. The occupying forces continue to destroy safety principles at the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
The IAEA chief Raphael Grossi arrived on June 15 at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, counting this visit as the third since September 2022.
What is known about Russia's control of the Zaporizhzhia NPP?
On June 13, Grossi visited Kyiv, saying he would go to the station, where he would spend a few hours and assess the situation on his own. The chief noted that his visit to the facility will take place on Tuesday evening, which is June 13.
On June 11, Grossi stated the need to check "significant discrepancies" in the data on the water level at the Kakhovskaya dam, which was damaged by the explosion and is used to cool the plant's reactors.
Ukraine's Inspection of Nuclear Regulation ordered the state's Energoatom facility to bring the 5th power unit into "cold shutdown." Restriction of operation will be in effect until the detected violations are eliminated.
On June 14, the occupiers are preventing the unit from a safe "cold" shutdown mode as the Kakhovka plant exploded and stopped supporting the nuclear facility.
