International Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Grossi has warned against any complacency towards “the very real dangers” that continue to face Europe’s largest nuclear power station in Ukraine.
Grossi said after his fourth visit to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia facility that it came under fire several times in 2022. It has also lost all offsite power eight times – most recently in December – forcing it to temporarily rely on emergency diesel generators to provide the power it needs for reactor cooling and other important nuclear safety and security functions.
Grossi said at the end of the visit on Wednesday (7 February) that the physical integrity of the six-unit station has been relatively stable, which is a positive development, though “we take it with enormous caution”.