Rafael Mariano Grossi, President of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that the line providing electricity from the external energy source to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was damaged due to the attacks, the electricity flow to the facility was stopped from the outside, therefore emergency generators were activated for the cooling of the reactors and nuclear safety. reported.
In a written statement from the IAEA, Grossi’s assessments of the latest developments in Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhia, were included.
Grossi stated that the situation at the nuclear power plant is getting worse day by day, and the electricity connection to the facility was cut off as a result of the military conflict that took place at night.
Stating that the bombardment damaged the electricity supply line to the power plant, Grossi pointed out that the emergency generators had to be activated in order to cool the reactors at the plant and to ensure nuclear safety and security.
Grossi stated that the generators in question have fuel for 10 days, and that the power plant’s disconnection from the external energy source is a very worrying development, emphasizing that this situation makes it inevitable to establish a weapons-free nuclear safe zone in and around the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
“The resumption of bombardment, which hit the plant’s only external power source, is extremely irresponsible. The Zaporizhia NPP must be protected. The safe zone is an absolute and urgent necessity to prevent a nuclear accident,” Zaporizhia said. said.
In the statement, it was stated that Grossi met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski in Kiev on October 6 to discuss the issue of the safe zone, and will discuss this issue with Russian officials at the beginning of next week.
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