Media: the head of the IAEA is sure that the mission will reach the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on Thursday

MOSCOW, 1 Sep — PRIME. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi expressed confidence that the mission would reach the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on Thursday, an agency spokesman said.

“The head of the IAEA is still confident that the mission will reach the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on Thursday,” Reuters reported, citing an IAEA representative.

On Monday, Grossi said the mission was already on its way to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and would arrive on site this week. Mikhail Ulyanov, permanent representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, reported to RIA Novosti that the mission includes about a dozen employees of the IAEA secretariat who deal with issues of safeguards and nuclear safety. They are accompanied by a large team of UN staff dealing with logistics and security issues.

Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported that the IAEA inspection at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant will begin on August 31 and will last until September 3. Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday published a video of a meeting with IAEA experts led by Grossi.