IAEA agrees to send inspectors to Ukraine's nuclear power plants
(VOVWORLD) -Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said the UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has agreed to dispatch permanent teams to Ukraine's nuclear plants.
 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine. (Satellite photo: AFP/VNA) |
The Prime Minister said after a meeting with IAEA chief Rafael Grossi that teams will deploy to plants at Zaporizhzhia, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, Pivdennoukrainska and Chernobyl, without specifying a timeframe. Shmygal added that during his meeting with the IAEA chief, he reiterated a call for the demilitarization of the plant in Zaporizhzhia, and made it a priority of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.