Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal says that the IAEA plans to extend its mission at Zaporizhia NPP.
“By its actions at Zaporizhia NPP, Russia has brought the whole of Europe to the brink of a nuclear catastrophe. The safety of our nuclear facilities is one of the key challenges for everyone in the world. We discussed this issue at the UN with the president of France, the prime ministers of Japan and New Zealand, the foreign ministers of Great Britain, Germany and India, with the leadership of the EU, as well as with the head of the IAEA, Mr. Grossi. Everyone understands the importance of the demilitarization of Zaporizhia NPP and the safe operation of the facility. As one of the steps in this direction, the IAEA plans to extend its mission at the station,” Shmyhal said.
According to him, the Ukrainian government is also working to organize international UN and EU missions to Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
“Russia arranges provocations and shelling of ZNPP almost every day. They want to disconnect this largest nuclear power plant in Europe from the Ukrainian network and continue to use the station as a military base. Therefore, it is so important that Russian troops be withdrawn not only from Zaporizhia NPP, but also from Energodar. A 30-kilometer security zone should be created,” Shmyhal stressed.
The mission of the International Nuclear Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived at the Zaporizhia NPP, the state-owned enterprise National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom reported.
“Yes, the mission managed to visit the NPP,” the company said in a comment to the Interfax–Ukraine agency.
As reported, the IAEA mission left Zaporizhia on Thursday morning, which is separated from Enerhodar by 120 km, and stayed at the checkpoint in Novo-Oleksandrivka for several hours. The mission is accompanied by head of the Ministry of Energy Herman Haluschenko, and head of Energoatom Petro Kotin.
