The IAEA will permanently maintain two experts at the Zaporizhia plant

The Director General of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, confirmed this Friday, on his return to Vienna from a visit to Ukraine, that two experts from the UN nuclear agency will remain permanently at the Zaporizhia plant, occupied by Russia since March. In this way, highlighted the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN agency will be able to receive information on the status of the plant 24 hours a day, “which has an inherently stabilizing effect” Six IAEA experts will remain at the plant for the next few days, and two of them will continue for an indefinite period. “We are going to stay there as long as it takes, we will not leave,” Grossi told reporters at Vienna. We are going to stay there as long as it takes, we will not leave “We will be receiving information all the time and we are going to have a deep analysis. I hope to give a report at the beginning of next week,” added the general director eral.”Now we’ll have people there, which is of tremendous value. If something happens, they will inform us, we will no longer be informed indirectly. This is an overnight change,” said the director general. Next Tuesday, Grossi will report to the UN Security Council on his mission to Zaporizhia. As explained by the director general, who was at the plant last Thursday , the physical integrity of Zaporizhia is compromised, due to the great military activity around the plant, occupied by Russia on March 4. “I myself saw impacts, holes from the bombing. Physical integrity has been violated several times, which is unacceptable for security reasons,” said the IAEA Director General. “I am concerned about the physical integrity (of the plant), the electricity supply and the staff,” Grossi summarized, When asked about what worries him most in Zaporizhia. About the operation of the plant, operated by Ukraine, Grossi spoke about a kind of “cohabitation” between Ukrainian and Russian personnel, whether military or nuclear experts sent by Moscow.” The plant continues to operate and there is a professional modus vivendi (between the parties),” concluded Grossi, who spoke of an “extremely complex and challenging” situation.