Following the seizure of Russia of most grand from Europe power Central, Russia and Ukraine agree to work with the UN atomic watchdog, ensure nuclear safetythe agency head announcement Thursday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expressed concern about nuclear safety and security after Russian forces took over the Zaporizhzhia factory, as well as Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident.
Seeking to resolve this problem, the IAEA director general Raphael Grossi met Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in separate meetings in Antalya in Turkey.
“We have had good meetings, not easy, but serious meetings,” he told reporters after son return to Vienna, where the IAEA is based.
“Both parties agree (…) that something has to be done. They are both ready to work and to commit with the IAEA.”
He said he would try “to have something more concrete” in the next A few days.
“This is a very serious situation and we need for move fast,” he said.
Electricity was cut at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine said on Wednesday, but the IAEA said there was “no critical impact on safety.”
The IAEA said the data transmission was also lost at the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant, the largest in Europe.
Russian forces shelled and captured the factory in Zaporizhzhia on March 4, causing a fire who sounded the alarm in Europe on a possible nuclear catastrophe.
Earlier, on the day Russia invaded Ukraine, its troops seized the defunct Chernobyl power plant, site of a 1986 disaster that killed hundreds and spread radioactive contamination westward across Europe.
On Tuesday, the IAEA expressed concern for personnel working under Russian guard at the site which houses decommissioned reactors as well as radioactive waste facilities.
More than 2,000 employees work at the central car it requires constant management to avoid another nuclear disaster.
Ukraine has four active nuclear power plants, providing about half the country’s electricity, as well as stores of nuclear waste like one in Chernobyl.
