The
IAEA mission will be tomorrow at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia
, where it wants to establish a "permanent presence".
The mission wants to "avoid a nuclear accident" at the plant occupied by Russian forces, said Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
"The Aiea mission will queue up to arrive in the liberated part of the Zaporizhzhia region. This is due to the fact that no special passes will be issued," Volodymyr Rogov, a Russian-appointed member of the Zaporizhzhia regional council
, said on Telegram
, referring to the inspectors access.
On the contrary, he added, the inspectors of the UN agency "could get there quickly and without obstacles from Russia", meaning the territories under the management of Moscow.
The mission of the IAEA inspectors will last only one day, according to
Yevhen Balytskyi, head of the
Russian
- appointed civil-military administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
, quoted by Ukrainska Pravda.
The inspectors "have a day to inspect the operation of the plant. If they say that some elements need to be worked on, we will be able to do so during the inspection."
So far the IAEA's stated goal is to "inspect the operation of the plant. This seems rather vague to us," Balytskyi said.
