Kiev's Counteroffensive Creates Additional Safety Concerns at Zaporozhye NPP - Grossi
© Sputnik / Konstantin MihailchevskyIAEA mission to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. September 1, 2022.© Sputnik / Konstantin Mihailchevsky / SubscribeInternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Ukrainian counteroffensive creates an "additional layer of concern" about the safety of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi said Thursday. "When I visited [the ZNPP], I could see that the first initial measures were taken by the management of the plant to preserve the amount of water, which is already contained in a cooling pond in the adjacency of the plant," Grossi told the French media."But it is obvious that this will not be enough in the medium and long term to continue with this, so alternative measures, additional measures, mitigation measures will have to be adopted and taken.""We have this additional layer, if you want, of concern over the situation which is in and by itself extremely volatile because, as you kno
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier accused Russia, citing a report of Ukraine's intelligence and security services, of preparing to blow up the ZNPP because it was not interested in Ukraine's security.
Russia has rejected these allegations saying that the IAEA mission headed by Grossi, who visited the plant in June, could be convinced that these statements were nonsense. In fact, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia stressed during a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday that Russia has absolutely no intentions to blow up the plant.
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