IAEA Director General to brief UN Security Council on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
WEDNESDAY, 10 AUGUST, 23:50
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), confirmed that he would speak at the UN Security Council meeting on Thursday about the nuclear safety situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).
This is reported by European Pravda with reference to Grossi's statement posted on the IAEA website.
"I welcome this opportunity to inform the United Nations Security Council about the extremely serious situation facing one of the world’s biggest nuclear power plants, now located in the middle of an active war zone. An accident at this plant could threaten public health and the environment both in Ukraine and neighbouring countries, as well as further away," he said.
The Director General will provide details on how the attacks on ZNPP breached virtually all the components of nuclear safety. Grossi will also talk about the preparation of the organisation's mission to ZNPP, which he intends to lead.
"Now more than ever, the IAEA’s presence at the plant is of paramount importance to help reduce the danger of a possible nuclear disaster there," he added.
It became known that Russia requested to hold a meeting of the UN Security Council on 11 August, lying that the attack on the ZNPP was carried out by Ukrainian troops.
On 6 August, the European Union condemned Russia's military activities around ZNPP.
On Sunday, in a telephone conversation with European Council president Charles Michel, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for sanctions to be imposed on the Russian nuclear industry and nuclear fuel due to the attacks on the ZNPP.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova expressed concern about the situation at the ZNPP and called for access of IAEA experts to the station.
On 9 August, the IAEA stated that shelling of the ZNPP had caused some damage, but that available radiation measurements continued to show normal levels at the site.
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