IAEA: Agency in contact with Ukrainian authorities about situation at Zaporizhzhia NPP
The relevant report was posted on the IAEA account on Twitter, Ukrinform reports.
“IAEA is aware of reports of shelling at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), in contact with Ukrainian authorities about situation,” the report says.
Another report from the agency says that IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks with Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and the leadership of the Ukrainian nuclear regulator and nuclear power plant operator.
IAEA Director General @RafaelMGrossi speaks with #Ukraine PM Denys Shmygal and with Ukrainian nuclear regulator and operator about serious situation at #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, appeals for halt of use of force and warns of severe danger if reactors hit.
— IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency (@iaeaorg) March 4, 2022
As reported, Zaporizhzhia NPP declared nuclear threat due to being shelled by Russia’s heavy weapons.
On the first day of a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, February 24, Russian troops seized the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.
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