IAEA chief to visit Kursk NPP on August 27

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi will visit the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant on August 27, Report informs referring to TASS.

"The visit of IAEA Director General Grossi to the Kursk NPP and to the city of Kurchatov, which is a satellite of the nuclear power plant, is at the final stage of elaboration," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Earlier, the IAEA chief said that the risk of damage to the Kursk NPP due to the Ukrainian actions was "very serious."

He announced plans to visit the plant to talk to its management and determine whether it had been attacked. Grossi also said he intended to visit Kyiv after the Kursk Region.