Go to the media bankThe main administrative building of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. File photoVIENNA, Sep 6 Shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant could damage critical equipment and release radioactive materials in an unrestricted manner, says an IAEA report. «Continued shelling could damage other critical plant systems and equipment and lead to more serious consequences, including the unlimited release of radioactive materials into the environment. Therefore, any shelling that jeopardizes the safety and security of the ZNPP must be avoided,» the authors of the report noted. .jpg» />The shelling in Energodar led to the leakage of fuel oil into the channel for supplying water to the Zaporozhye NPPLast week, an IAEA mission led by Director General Rafael Grossi arrived at the Zaporozhye NPP. The head of the Rosatom delegation and employees of the Zaporizhzhya NPP led the IAEA delegation through its territory and showed the sections of the station that had been damaged during the shelling of Ukrainian troops. As Mikhail Ulyanov, permanent representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, told RIA Novosti, two IAEA employees will remain at the Zaporozhye NPP on a permanent basis. 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 — the plant has six power units with a capacity of 1 gigawatt each. Since March, it has been under the protection of the Russian military. The Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that this step was justified in order to avoid leakage of nuclear and radioactive materials. The Ukrainian military continues to regularly shell Energodar and the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP adjacent to the city.
