The head of the IAEA called Putin a confident and knowledgeable person

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 19 – PRIME. The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, considers Russian President Vladimir Putin a confident and knowledgeable person.

Grossi met with Putin on 11 October. The President of Russia invited him to discuss the situation with the Zaporozhye NPP, noting that Moscow is open to resolving all issues.

“He’s very confident in what he’s doing,” he said in an interview with Telefe.

“I was struck by his detailed knowledge of the (Zaporozhye) nuclear power plant, its technical characteristics and understanding of what I propose to ensure safety,” Grossi added.

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 headed by Director General Rafael Grossi arrived at the ZNPP. The head of the delegation of “Rosatom” and the staff of the station led the delegation of the IAEA through its territory and showed the sections of the station that had been 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.