The Iaea Team Heads To Ukraine S Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant

KYIV, Aug 31 (Reuters) – An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team left the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to inspect for damage after a bombing that sparked fears of a radioactive fallout. Russian forces seized the factory shortly after invading Ukraine on February 24 and are close to the front lines. Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations of firing shells that endangered the plant. A Reuters eyewitness said the IAEA team left Kyiv in a convoy of vehicles. The mission is led by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi and comes after extensive negotiations. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up “Now we are finally moving after six months of painstaking efforts,” Grossi told reporters before the convoy set off, adding that the mission planned to spend “a few days” at the site. “We have a very important task there to perform – to assess the actual situations there, to help stabilize the situation as much as we can.” It was unclear when the IAEA team would arrive at Europe’s largest nuclear plant and conduct its inspection. Both sides of the war have reported regular shelling in the area in recent days. “We are going to a war zone, we are going to occupied territories and this requires explicit guarantees, not only from the Russian Federation but also from Ukraine. We managed to ensure that,” Grossi said. He said the IAEA hopes to establish a permanent mission at the plant, which is run by Ukrainian technicians. Grossi said one of the mission’s priorities would be to talk to them. “That’s one of the most important things I want to do and I’m going to do it,” he said. The United States has urged a complete shutdown of the plant and called for a demilitarized zone around it. The Interfax news agency quoted a Russian-appointed Zaporizhzhia government official as saying on Wednesday that two of the plant’s six reactors were operating. Yevgeny Balitsky, the head of the Russian-installed command, told Interfax that IAEA inspectors “must see the work of the station in one day.” Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russia of bombing a runway that IAEA officials were supposed to use to reach the plant in an attempt to get them to travel through Russian-annexed Crimea. There was no immediate response from Russia. The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said Russia was attacking with tanks, rockets and artillery along a contact line in the Zaporizhzhia region – part of which, including the city of Zaporizhzhia, remains under Ukrainian control. “The enemy is regrouping units of the 3rd Army Corps… with the aim of resuming the attack in the (Zaporizhzhia) direction,” it said. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Report by Tom Balmforth. Written by Olzhas Auyezov. Edited by Shri Navaratnam, Robert Birsel Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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KYIV, Aug 31 (Reuters) – An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team left the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to inspect for damage after a bombing that sparked fears of a radioactive fallout. Russian forces seized the factory shortly after invading Ukraine on February 24 and are close to the front lines. Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations of firing shells that endangered the plant. A Reuters eyewitness said the IAEA team left Kyiv in a convoy of vehicles. The mission is led by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi and comes after extensive negotiations. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up “Now we are finally moving after six months of painstaking efforts,” Grossi told reporters before the convoy set off, adding that the mission planned to spend “a few days” at the site. “We have a very important task there to perform – to assess the actual situations there, to help stabilize the situation as much as we can.” It was unclear when the IAEA team would arrive at Europe’s largest nuclear plant and conduct its inspection. Both sides of the war have reported regular shelling in the area in recent days. “We are going to a war zone, we are going to occupied territories and this requires explicit guarantees, not only from the Russian Federation but also from Ukraine. We managed to ensure that,” Grossi said. He said the IAEA hopes to establish a permanent mission at the plant, which is run by Ukrainian technicians. Grossi said one of the mission’s priorities would be to talk to them. “That’s one of the most important things I want to do and I’m going to do it,” he said. The United States has urged a complete shutdown of the plant and called for a demilitarized zone around it. The Interfax news agency quoted a Russian-appointed Zaporizhzhia government official as saying on Wednesday that two of the plant’s six reactors were operating. Yevgeny Balitsky, the head of the Russian-installed command, told Interfax that IAEA inspectors “must see the work of the station in one day.” Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russia of bombing a runway that IAEA officials were supposed to use to reach the plant in an attempt to get them to travel through Russian-annexed Crimea. There was no immediate response from Russia. The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said Russia was attacking with tanks, rockets and artillery along a contact line in the Zaporizhzhia region – part of which, including the city of Zaporizhzhia, remains under Ukrainian control. “The enemy is regrouping units of the 3rd Army Corps… with the aim of resuming the attack in the (Zaporizhzhia) direction,” it said. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Report by Tom Balmforth. Written by Olzhas Auyezov. Edited by Shri Navaratnam, Robert Birsel Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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KYIV, Aug 31 (Reuters) – An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team left the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to inspect for damage after a bombing that sparked fears of a radioactive fallout. Russian forces seized the factory shortly after invading Ukraine on February 24 and are close to the front lines. Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations of firing shells that endangered the plant. A Reuters eyewitness said the IAEA team left Kyiv in a convoy of vehicles. The mission is led by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi and comes after extensive negotiations. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up “Now we are finally moving after six months of painstaking efforts,” Grossi told reporters before the convoy set off, adding that the mission planned to spend “a few days” at the site. “We have a very important task there to perform – to assess the actual situations there, to help stabilize the situation as much as we can.” It was unclear when the IAEA team would arrive at Europe’s largest nuclear plant and conduct its inspection. Both sides of the war have reported regular shelling in the area in recent days. “We are going to a war zone, we are going to occupied territories and this requires explicit guarantees, not only from the Russian Federation but also from Ukraine. We managed to ensure that,” Grossi said. He said the IAEA hopes to establish a permanent mission at the plant, which is run by Ukrainian technicians. Grossi said one of the mission’s priorities would be to talk to them. “That’s one of the most important things I want to do and I’m going to do it,” he said. The United States has urged a complete shutdown of the plant and called for a demilitarized zone around it. The Interfax news agency quoted a Russian-appointed Zaporizhzhia government official as saying on Wednesday that two of the plant’s six reactors were operating. Yevgeny Balitsky, the head of the Russian-installed command, told Interfax that IAEA inspectors “must see the work of the station in one day.” Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russia of bombing a runway that IAEA officials were supposed to use to reach the plant in an attempt to get them to travel through Russian-annexed Crimea. There was no immediate response from Russia. The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said Russia was attacking with tanks, rockets and artillery along a contact line in the Zaporizhzhia region – part of which, including the city of Zaporizhzhia, remains under Ukrainian control. “The enemy is regrouping units of the 3rd Army Corps… with the aim of resuming the attack in the (Zaporizhzhia) direction,” it said. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Report by Tom Balmforth. Written by Olzhas Auyezov. Edited by Shri Navaratnam, Robert Birsel Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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KYIV, Aug 31 (Reuters) – An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team left the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to inspect for damage after a bombing that sparked fears of a radioactive fallout. Russian forces seized the factory shortly after invading Ukraine on February 24 and are close to the front lines. Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations of firing shells that endangered the plant. A Reuters eyewitness said the IAEA team left Kyiv in a convoy of vehicles. The mission is led by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi and comes after extensive negotiations. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up “Now we are finally moving after six months of painstaking efforts,” Grossi told reporters before the convoy set off, adding that the mission planned to spend “a few days” at the site. “We have a very important task there to perform – to assess the actual situations there, to help stabilize the situation as much as we can.” It was unclear when the IAEA team would arrive at Europe’s largest nuclear plant and conduct its inspection. Both sides of the war have reported regular shelling in the area in recent days. “We are going to a war zone, we are going to occupied territories and this requires explicit guarantees, not only from the Russian Federation but also from Ukraine. We managed to ensure that,” Grossi said. He said the IAEA hopes to establish a permanent mission at the plant, which is run by Ukrainian technicians. Grossi said one of the mission’s priorities would be to talk to them. “That’s one of the most important things I want to do and I’m going to do it,” he said. The United States has urged a complete shutdown of the plant and called for a demilitarized zone around it. The Interfax news agency quoted a Russian-appointed Zaporizhzhia government official as saying on Wednesday that two of the plant’s six reactors were operating. Yevgeny Balitsky, the head of the Russian-installed command, told Interfax that IAEA inspectors “must see the work of the station in one day.” Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russia of bombing a runway that IAEA officials were supposed to use to reach the plant in an attempt to get them to travel through Russian-annexed Crimea. There was no immediate response from Russia. The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said Russia was attacking with tanks, rockets and artillery along a contact line in the Zaporizhzhia region – part of which, including the city of Zaporizhzhia, remains under Ukrainian control. “The enemy is regrouping units of the 3rd Army Corps… with the aim of resuming the attack in the (Zaporizhzhia) direction,” it said. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Report by Tom Balmforth. Written by Olzhas Auyezov. Edited by Shri Navaratnam, Robert Birsel Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.