IAEA chief to visit Russia for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant talks
(VOVWORLD) -International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi is scheduled to arrive at Russia’s Kaliningrad city on Wednesday to address safety concerns at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, an IAEA spokesperson said on Monday.
 IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi visits Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on March 29, 2023. (Photo:AFP/VNA) |
Grossi visited the plant last week. He said the situation had grown worse and military activity around the site - Europe's largest nuclear facility - had intensified in recent months.
Grossi said his team had previously focused on the possibility of establishing a security zone around the plant. "Now the concept is evolving," he said, with his team focusing on the protection of the plant itself rather than on territorial aspects which pose certain problems.
He added the idea is to agree on certain principles, certain commitments, including not to attack the plant.