An IAEA permanent monitoring mission began its work at the Khmelnitsky NPP on January 23, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) said on its website Tuesday.
“Last week, the same International Atomic Energy Agency missions were launched at the operating Pivdenno-Ukrainian and Rivne nuclear power plants, as well as at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which is in the decommissioning phase,” the inspection noted.
IAEA specialists have been working permanently at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, which is under occupation by Russian invaders, since September 2022.
The SNRIU informed that the KNPP hosted a working meeting with the participation of representatives of the IAEA, the acting head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Committee of Ukraine, Oleg Korikov, the chief state inspector for nuclear and radiation safety of Ukraine, as well as the KNPP Director General Andriy Koziura. The parties stated that the main goal of the mission was to maintain nuclear and radiation safety at Ukrainian nuclear facilities under the conditions of the war unleashed by Russia.
At the same time, Gosatomregulirovanie head Oleg Korikov once again noted the importance of documenting all the impacts on nuclear and radiation safety resulting from the Russian aggression, the SNRIU added.
As reported, the IAEA deployed its permanent monitoring missions at all Ukrainian nuclear power plants in response to an official request from the Ukrainian government.
