UN nuclear agency urges creation of “security zone” around factory, urges Kiev and Moscow to stop bombing “immediately”
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear agency, finds the situation around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine “unsustainable”. That is the main conclusion of the 52-page report that the 14 experts, led by Argentine Rafael Grossi, delivered to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday after the inspection of the facilities they carried out last week.
The document points to the “urgency” of “taking interim measures” to prevent a catastrophe, such as “the establishment of a nuclear safety and protection zone”. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other for weeks of attacking the installations of the factory, which is the largest in Europe with six reactors.
That same Tuesday, without going further, the Russian Defense Ministry accused Kiev of having “fired fifteen times with artillery on the city of Energodar and the territory of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.”
For this reason, the IAEA is calling on both sides to de-escalate tensions in the face of the monumental disaster that could occur if miscalculated. “The bombing of the site and the surrounding area must stop immediately to prevent further damage to the facilities,” said the agency, which is “ready to consult”. Two of his inspectors remain permanently on site.
Source: La Verdad
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