Kyiv promised to assist in the rotation of IAEA experts at ZNPP

MOSCOW, 2 Oct — PRIME. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced a telephone conversation with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, during which the Foreign Minister promised Kyiv’s assistance in the rotation of monitoring mission experts on the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP.

“I had a conversation with Rafael Grossi and informed that Ukraine is ready to facilitate the rotation of IAEA experts at the ZNPP,” Kuleba wrote on Twitter.

Zaporozhye NPP is located on the left bank of the Dnieper near the town of Energodar. This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in terms of the number of units and installed capacity – the plant has six power units with a capacity of 1 gigawatt each. Since March, it has been under the protection of the Russian military. The Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that this step was justified in order to avoid leakage of nuclear and radioactive materials. The Ukrainian military continues to regularly shell Enerhodar and the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant adjacent to the city.

In early September, an IAEA mission led by Grossi arrived at the ZNPP. The head of the delegation of “Rosatom” and employees of the Zaporizhzhya NPP led the delegation of the IAEA through its territory and showed the sections of the station that were damaged during the shelling of Ukrainian troops. Two IAEA employees remained at ZNPP on a permanent basis. As a result of the visit of the mission, the IAEA published a report in which it confirmed the fact of shelling of the ZNPP.