Concern in Zaporizhia: One reactor shut down - team of experts has to stop
Created: 09/01/2022, 12:13 p.m
By: Linus Prien
Inspector of the IAEA in Zaporizhia © Andriy Andriyenko/AP/dpa
Shelling prevented the inspection of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant for the time being.
A reactor at the plant was also shut down.
News ticker on military events in the Ukraine war.
Nuclear power plant inspection in southern Ukraine
: inspectors were stopped on their way.
Nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia
: Another reactor was shut down after attacks.
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Enerhodar - The group of experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the southern Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia has been stopped.
According to the governor of the Zaporizhia region, Russian troops fired on the inspectors' route, as reported by
tagesschau.de
.
According to a report by the AFP news agency, access to the power plant was also not possible.
Originally, the head of the IAEA had stuck to the plan to drive to the nuclear power plant.
It was already known at this point that hostilities would take place in the region.
Still, he said: "We will not stop.
We're leaving now."
Ukraine War: Nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia - another reactor shut down
The situation at the nuclear power plant is apparently tense: According to the Ukrainian operator, one of the two operating reactors at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant was shut down on Thursday after a night-time attack.
As the operating company Energoatom announced in the online service Telegram, there was Russian shelling at the plant during the night.
The emergency system was then activated and pile number 5 was switched off at 3:57 a.m. CEST.
Nuclear power plant inspection in Ukraine: trip despite "increased military activity"
Rafel Grossi, head of the IAEA, said on Thursday morning about the situation at the nuclear power plant: "We are aware of the situation.
There is increased military activity.
I've been briefed on this and the risks by the Ukrainian army commander, but we've weighed the pros and cons and we've come this far.
We don't stop."
The 14-strong group of experts headed by Grossi wanted to get an idea of the situation around the nuclear power plant occupied by Russia.
Russian troops occupied the power plant shortly after the start of the Russian invasion in early March.
With its six reactors and a net output of 5700 megawatts, it is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
Before the war, more than 10,000 people worked in the nuclear power plant.
(dpa/AFP/lp)
