The Interview – Exclusive: IAEA’s Grossi hoping for inspection of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ‘days’
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With the war in Ukraine now in its seventh month, the international community remains highly concerned about the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine. An uptick in fighting in recent weeks near the Russian-occupied facility, Europe’s largest, has led to fears of a nuclear accident. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) wants to send a mission to inspect the plant, but has yet to gain access to it. In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the IAEA, expressed hope that the visit would take place within “days”.
Asked if talks on gaining access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility had succeeded, Grossi said “we are very, very close to that”, while cautioning that the operation was “extremely complex”. Pressed on a timeline, the IAEA chief said he hoped the mission would take place within “days”.
Faced with the risk of a nuclear accident at Zaporizhzhia, “we need to go there, we need to stabilise the situation, we need to ensure a presence of the IAEA soon,” he stressed.
Grossi also reacted to the ongoing talks to save the embattled 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The IAEA is “expecting a breakthrough as soon as possible”, he told FRANCE 24’s Genie Godula.
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