The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, warns that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant Zaporizhia, Ukraine, is “out of control”. He appealed to Russia and Ukraine to immediately allow experts to visit the station to stabilize the situation to avoid a nuclear accident.
In an interview with The Associated Press, he stressed that the situation is becoming more dangerous every day at the Zaporizhia plant, which was seized by Russian troops in early March, shortly after the February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
“Every principle of nuclear safety has been violated” at the plant, he said, stressing that “what is at stake is extremely serious and extremely dangerous.”
Grossi cited multiple security breaches at the plant, adding that it is located “in a place where war is going on,” near territory controlled by Russia.
There is “a paradoxical situation” in which the plant is controlled by Russia but Ukrainian personnel continue to carry out their nuclear operations, leading to inevitable moments of friction and violence, he noted.
Grossi also said the supply chain for equipment and parts has been disrupted, “so we’re not sure the factory is getting everything it needs.”
Russian seizure of Zaporizhia has heightened fears that the largest of Ukraine’s 15 nuclear reactors could be damagedtriggering another emergency such as the 1986 Chernobyl accident, the world’s worst nuclear disaster, which occurred about 110 kilometers (65 miles) north of the capital Kyiv.
Source: News Beast
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