Ukraine: 'Physical integrity' of Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant 'has been violated several times'
Source: UN News
Ukraine: ‘Physical integrity’ of Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant ‘has been violated several times’
2 September 2022
Peace and Security
Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi was speaking on Thursday after he and IAEA experts visited Europe’s largest nuclear plant, which has seen repeated shelling in recent weeks, sparking fears of a catastrophe.
“It's obvious that the plant, and the physical integrity of the plant has been violated, several times. [Whether] by chance [or deliberately], we don't have the elements to assess that. But this is a reality that we have to recognize, and this is something that cannot continue to happen,” he told journalists.
“Wherever you stay, wherever you stand, whatever you think about this war, this is something that cannot happen, and this is why we're trying to put in place certain mechanisms and the presence of our people there, to try to be in a better place.”
The Zaporizhzhia plant houses six of the 15 nuclear reactors in Ukraine.
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