Russians have installed mines on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. This violates the safety standards of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency).
This information is reported on the IAEA website.
On January 18, IAEA experts once again visited the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), including all six main control rooms. They were able to find out how many people work at the station but couldn't inquire about their qualifications and experience.
Earlier this week, experts gained access to the reactor hall of reactor unit No. 6. Currently, they are demanding access to other reactor halls, machine rooms, and reactor roofs. Such access is necessary for monitoring nuclear safety and compliance with five specific principles for protecting ZNPP, said IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi.
Mines along the perimeter of ZNPP, in the buffer zone between the inner and outer fences of the facility, previously discovered by the IAEA group and removed in November 2023, are now reinstalled. This is a restricted area inaccessible to the operating station personnel. The Director-General reiterated that the presence of mines is incompatible with IAEA safety standards.
Last week, IAEA experts met with Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) personnel to discuss the technical maintenance of the station. The workers presented the experts with the technical maintenance plan for 2024, which includes crucial tasks related to nuclear safety.
This year, the priority for ZNPP is the technical maintenance of safety systems and essential measures not carried out in the previous year. The annual technical maintenance plan covers safety systems, diesel generators, individual transformers, and the 750 kV distribution substation.
