IAEA head starts consultations with Ukraine, Russia on buffer zone around Zaporizhzhia NPP

IAEA head starts consultations with Ukraine, Russia on buffer zone around Zaporizhzhia NPP IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has begun consultations with Russia and Ukraine on the creation of a nuclear and physical security buffer zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
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September 12, 2022 16:16
IAEA head starts consultations with Ukraine, Russia on buffer zone around Zaporizhzhia NPP

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has begun consultations with Russia and Ukraine on the creation of a nuclear and physical security buffer zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Report informs referring to TASS.

“You know that at a briefing for the UN Security Council a few days ago, I proposed urgently establishing a nuclear and physical security buffer zone around the power plant. I began consultations on this topic with both sides. Of course, with Ukraine <...>. And also with Russia, an indispensable partner in the negotiations, as they control the facility,” Grossi said at a press conference.

He added that the shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant continues, and the reactors and facilities for storing spent fuel are under threat.

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