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Ukraine / Grossi Tells UN ‘Time Is Of Essence’ And IAEA Would Provide Stabilising Presence At Occupied Zaporizhzhia

By David Dalton
12 August 2022

Agency head calls situation ‘alarming’ and renews call for experts to assess safety and security at six-unit nuclear station
Grossi Tells UN ‘Time Is Of Essence’ And IAEA Would Provide Stabilising Presence At Occupied Zaporizhzhia
IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi speaking to the United Nations earlier this month. Courtesy Dean Calma/IAEA.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been ready since June to provide a “stabilising” onsite presence at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine, but due to political factors and other considerations, a mission has not been possible, the agency’s director-general Rafael Grossi said.

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