IAEA Vehicle Convoy Has Set Off to Zaporizhzhia NPP
IAEA missions has three tasks at Zaporizhzhia NPP.
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s vehicle convoy has set off from Kyiv to Zaporizhzhia NPP in the morning of Wednesday, August 31st, Reuters reports.
The IAEA mission should have reached ZNPP by the end of the day.
There are no American or British professionals among the thirteen experts selected by the IAEA Secretary General for the most difficult mission in the history of the organization he personally leads. Russia insisted that American and British should be excluded from the mission membership list. The mission also does not include any Russian representatives as well, although there are experts from Poland and Lithuania – the countries traditionally friendly to Ukraine. The mission also includes citizens of Serbia and China that are more loyal to the Kremlin. Some other experts come from France, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Albania, North Macedonia
The mission has three key tasks: physical protection, nuclear safety and assurance of non-spread of radioactive materials. Meanwhile, the Russian invaders are doing everything in order to disrupt the visit.
Based on the recent report, a Russian shell landed between the second and the third power generation units, which is confirmed by the satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies. Andrii Yermak, the Head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, claimed that Russia attempt to disrupt the IAEA’s visit my simulating active hostilities in Enerhodar ands shelling the area adjacent to ZNPP.
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