He requested Russia and Ukraine to allow experts to visit the complex at the earliest to control the situation.
Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in an interview to ‘The Associated Press’ on Tuesday that the situation at the Zaporizhzhya plant in the southeastern city of Enerhodar was getting more dangerous every day, which was destroyed by Russian troops in early March. had taken possession of.
Russia began its military action in Ukraine on 24 February.
“Every principle of safety has been violated at the plant. What is at stake there is very serious and dangerous.
Grossi cited several safety norms violations at the plant, saying it “is (located) in a place where a war is going on.”
Referring to the shelling in the early part of the war, he said that during that time it was not taken into account that the plant was there.
He said the tensions between the two were created due to the continuation of the nuclear program by Ukrainian employees despite the occupation of Russia’s plant and there was also alleged violence, which has made the situation there dangerous.
The IAEA chief said he and his team needed protection and immediate cooperation from Russia and Ukraine to reach the plant.
Grossi said that both sides want international missions to arrive from different places and this argument can be justified in terms of territorial integrity and political scenario, but what is most important now is the arrival of the IAEA team to Zaporizhzhya.
“Therefore, as an international public servant, as the head of an international organization, I appeal to both sides to allow this mission to progress,” he said.
Grossi made the statement at a meeting in New York on Monday to review the 50-year-old Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
AP Niharika Manisha
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