Energy minister outlines results of meeting with IAEA chief: 'restrained optimism'

31 March 2022, 08:47 | Peace 
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In view of the ongoing Russian aggression and the seizure of the Chernobyl and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants by the Russian military, the situation around Ukraine's nuclear facilities is of particular concern to the IAEA. The head of the Ministry of Energy German Galushchenko said that his negotiations with the director general of this agency on the territory of the South Ukrainian NPP could become the basis for further effective cooperation. On his Facebook page, he described the outcome of the meeting with Rafael Grossi as "

Galushchenko noted that in the future, Ukraine, together with the world community, must secure all four Ukrainian nuclear power plants, spent nuclear fuel storage facilities, and the Chernobyl exclusion zone from a potential attack..

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" I am sure that our today's talks at the site of the South Ukrainian NPP will become a reliable foundation for further effective cooperation between Ukraine and the IAEA,"

Recall, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Ukraine on March 29. The day before, he announced that he was considering the possibility of providing urgent assistance to Ukraine in protecting its nuclear facilities.. Grossi said that he does not exclude the possibility of the direct presence of inspectors of the institution he heads at Ukrainian nuclear power plants in the conditions of war. Meanwhile, the Russian military and Rosatom management remain at Ukrainian nuclear power plants..

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