Cossacks called on the head of the IAEA to establish a peaceful zone near the nuclear power plant
Residents of the Zaporozhye region during a conversation with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi asked him to establish a peaceful zone near the nuclear power plant. This is reported by the correspondent of URA.RU from the scene.
“We are activists of this city, we represent ordinary residents. We all in unison signed a letter asking you to stop the madness, stop shooting at the nuclear power plant, at the city of Energodar. We ask you to declare a zone of peace near the Zaporozhye NPP in order to prevent a terrible tragedy that will cover the whole world. We have collected 20.6 thousand signatures,” said one of the residents of Energodar in an interview with Grossi.
Earlier, Grossi at the head of the IAEA delegation
arrived at the Zaporozhye NPP. He stayed at the station for several hours, after which he
left it , leaving part of the IAEA mission at the ZNPP. Grossi said that he managed to see "key things", writes
RT .
The visit of the mission to the nuclear power plant in Energodar was caused by regular shelling of the nuclear power plant by Ukrainian troops. The State Duma of the Russian Federation called on the UN and the IAEA to put pressure on Ukraine and demand that it stop shelling nuclear power plants, writes "
Dni.ru ". On the eve of the visit of the IAEA mission, a group of Ukrainian saboteurs
tried to seize the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
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IAEA Chief Says Inspectors Will Stay At Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant
Some members of a team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will remain at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant, the head of the agency said after visiting the plant on September 1.
"Let the world know that the IAEA is staying at Zaporizhzhya," Rafael Grossi said in a video released by the Russian RIA Novosti news agency. He did not specify how many people will be staying or say for how long.
Plant operator Enerhoatom said five IAEA mission representatives remained at the plant. They unloaded equipment they brought with them and "will continue working at the plant," Enerhoatom said on Telegram. They are expected to stay until September 3, it added.
Grossi, who Enerhoatom said left after the initial visit along with most of the members of the inspection team, stated earlier that the inspectors had been able to see what they needed to see.
"I think we were able in these few hours to put together a lot, a lot of information. The key things I needed to see I saw, and your explanations were very clear," Rafael Grossi said, speaking to Russian media accompanying the IAEA inspection team at the Moscow-controlled atomic plant.
The mission arrived at the nuclear power plant earlier on September 1 despite artillery shelling in the area that delayed the investigators and forced one of the plant’s reactors to shut down.
Reporters in the area said the IAEA mission arrived in a large convoy with a heavy presence of Russian soldiers nearby.
The delegation's trip from the city of Zaporizhzhya to the plant in the Russian-controlled town of Enerhobar was delayed for several hours earlier on September 1 as both the Ukrainian and Russian sides accused each other of launching attacks on the area.
Grossi said ahead of the arrival that increased military activity in the area would not alter the mission's plan to visit the facility and meet its staff.
The situation at the Zaporizhzhya plant -- Europe's largest nuclear power station -- continues to be a source of major concern for the international community. Russian and Ukrainian forces have accused each other of shelling the plant, raising concerns about a possible nuclear disaster.
Ahead of the inspectors’ visit, Ukrainian officials said Russian shelling forced one of two reactors operating at the power plant to shut down.
"Since 5 a.m., constant mortar attacks on the city have not stopped.... It is known that several civilian buildings were hit. There are victims! How many is still being determined," he said.
Oleksandr Starukh, head of the Zaporizhzhya region, separately
reported that the Russians troops were shelling "the pre-agreed route of the IAEA mission from [the city of] Zaporizhzhya to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant."
Ukraine’s state energy operator Enerhoatom said "the emergency protection was activated and the operational fifth power unit was shut down" due to the Russian mortal shelling. Enerhoatom added that "power unit No. 6 continues to work in the energy system of Ukraine" and is supplying electricity for the power plant's own needs.
In turn, Russia's Defense Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of attempting to seize the power plant early on September 1.
The ministry said that "measures had been taken" to destroy the opposing troops, including use of military aviation.
It gave no evidence to back up the claim, which could not be independently verified.
Some members of a team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will remain at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant for the next several days, the head of the agency said after visiting the plant on September 1.
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