All safety systems of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia remain operational and radioactivity is normal and there are no indications of hydrogen leaks. This was announced by the International Atomic Energy Agency by reporting information provided by Kiev on the consequences of the bombings in recent days.
The bullets fell in the perimeter of the plant on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, “but the information on the nature of the damage is incomplete”, it is specified in a statement. The bombings hit the two so-called ‘special buildings’ of the power plant, which are located about 100 meters from the reactors (with water treatment plants, equipment repair shops), and an overpass. There was also damage to some water pumps which have now been repaired.
Agency director Mariano Grossi is continuing his talks with all parties with the aim of sending an agency expert mission to Zaporizhzhia “in the coming days” to help ensure nuclear safety. The two reactors that had been disconnected from the Ukrainian electricity grid are operational again after being reconnected on Friday, the agency confirms. The other four units of the plant had already been disconnected and remain closed.
Russia is not only in favor of the IAEA mission to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant controlled by its military forces but insists that it can be organized, said the spokeswoman of the foreign ministry, Maria Zakharova. “The mission must take place despite the destructive influence of the Kiev regime, those who support it and those who use the nuclear power plant as an instrument not of blackmail but of terrorism,” he added in an interview with Vladimir Solovyov’s program. , Voskresny Vecher, on Rossiya-1. It is a fake, a lie, that pressure must be exerted on the Russians to consent to the mission. Russia “for months has spared no efforts to organize this visit”, she stressed, citing the meeting between Grossi and Lavrov, the numerous contacts, telephone calls, between Russian diplomats and the IAEA. Diplomatic efforts were concentrated on organizing this inspection. ”