Go to the mediabank IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi during a visit to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. File photoMOSCOW, Sept 8 International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi has begun consultations on the establishment of a nuclear safety zone around the Zaporizhzhya NPP (ZNPP), the organization said in a statement. «Yesterday, Director General Rafael Grossi recommended urgent create a zone of nuclear and physical safety and protection at the ZNPP. He is now conducting consultations aimed at implementing this plan,» the organization's Twitter page says. On Tuesday, IAEA representatives published a report on the work of the delegation at ZNPP. Among other things, the organization recorded damage to a special unit for storing radioactive waste and fresh nuclear fuel. Agency officials called for an end to the shelling of the station and its environs, as this could damage critical equipment and release radioactive materials in an unrestricted manner. In connection with the security threat, it is proposed to create a nuclear safety zone around the nuclear power plant. Russia accuses Ukrainian troops of systematic shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and regrets that the IAEA did not indicate the source of fire in its report on the results of a trip to the plant. The Russian side convened a meeting of the UN Security Council following the visit of an international agency mission to the station. The IAEA had the opportunity to make sure that the military of Kyiv poses the only threat to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, there is no internal threat to the plant, Vasily Nebenzia, the permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the organization, said at a meeting of the UN Security Council. .jpg» />UN Deputy Secretary General called for an immediate cessation of hostilities at the ZNPP
