Go to the media bankThe building on the territory of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. File photoVIENNA, Sep 26Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi said that he had discussed with the head of Rosatom Alexei Likhachev the creation of a security zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. nuclear safety and security at Ukraine's Zaporozhye NPP is a necessary step to reduce the risk of a nuclear accident,» Grossi wrote on Twitter.The IAEA confirms the fact of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the ZNPP, the authorities of Energodar said Earlier on Monday, the annual 66th session of the IAEA General Conference opened in Vienna. Speaking at the opening, the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said that he was ready to continue negotiations on the creation of a protective zone around the Zaporozhye NPP with Russia and Ukraine. 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. In early September, an IAEA mission headed by Director General Rafael Grossi arrived at the ZNPP. The head of the delegation of «Rosatom» and employees of the Zaporizhzhya NPP led the delegation of the IAEA through its territory and showed the sections of the station that were damaged during the shelling of Ukrainian troops. Two IAEA employees remained at ZNPP on a permanent basis. Following the visit of the mission, the IAEA published a report in which it confirmed the fact of shelling of the ZNPP.
