IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in Zaporozhye before leaving for the Zaporozhye NPP. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 1IAEA chief Rafael Grossi is confident that the mission will reach Zaporizhya NPP on Thursday, an agency spokesman said. =»/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2c8b421a5d7a55e0176fe210c4bf8ff7.jpg» />»Things have gone too far.» What to expect from the IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye NPP Monday, the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said that the organization's mission is already heading to the Zaporizhzhya NPP and will arrive on site this week. Mikhail Ulyanov, permanent representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, reported to RIA Novosti that the mission includes about a dozen employees of the IAEA secretariat who deal with issues of safeguards and nuclear safety. They are accompanied by a large team of UN staff dealing with logistics and security issues. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the IAEA inspection at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant will begin on August 31 and will last until September 3. Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday published a video of a meeting with IAEA experts led by Grossi. The Zaporozhye NPP is located on the left bank of the Dnieper near the city of Energodar. This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in terms of the number of units and installed capacity. Since March, it has been under the protection of the Russian military. The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed the justification for the Russian military to guard the power plant from the point of view of preventing leaks of nuclear and radioactive materials. The Ukrainian military continues to regularly shell Enerhodar, the surrounding villages and the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP adjacent to the city.
