day 188 of war in Ukraine.
After weeks of negotiations and tensions over the Zaporizhia nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine, a team of experts from the IAEA, the UN nuclear agency, has left Vienna for the centraloccupied by Russian troops since March.
This was reported on Monday on Twitter by the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, who attached a photo of the team of 14 experts who will be “later this week” at the plant, the largest in Europe.
“The day has finally come”indicates the CEO’s tweet without giving details about the experts’ travel route or the expected duration of the mission.
The group sent to Ukraine, led by Grossi himself, It includes the IAEA directors for safeguards (controls), Massimiliano Aparo, and nuclear safety and security, Lydie Evrard.
According to information received from Ukraine by the IAEA, there have been numerous bombings in recent days in Zaporizhia, which, however, have not caused any type of radioactive leaks in the facility.
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