Russians deny IAEA entry to newly constructed dam close to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant

A group from the Worldwide Atomic Power Company (IAEA) has been denied entry to a newly constructed dam on the channel of one of many cooling ponds on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant (ZNPP).

Supply: Slovo i Dilo (Phrase and Deed), a information portal, just about an IAEA report

Quote: "The IAEA group primarily based on the ZNPP web site – Europe’s largest nuclear energy plant (NPP) – continues to request entry to the newly constructed dam however haven’t but been permitted as a result of safety considerations."

Particulars: The dam is designed to help the plant’s reactor cooling system. The IAEA emphasises that entry is essential for assessing the scenario concerning the cooling water.

As well as, throughout this week’s walkdown, the IAEA group was unable to entry the western part of the turbine corridor at one of many Zaporizhzhia NPP reactors.

In late Could, an IAEA consultant instructed Reuters that there have been no indicators indicating that Russia was making ready to restart the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP. In April, the Russians stated they didn’t need to quit management of the occupied plant as a part of a peace settlement, Slovo i Dilo remembers.

Background:

• On 13 August, the IAEA reported difficulties in making certain a dependable provide of water for cooling the reactors on the Zaporizhzhia NPP, which is quickly occupied by Russia.
• "The ZNPP’s six reactors have been in chilly shutdown since spring 2024 however nonetheless require cooling water for his or her security programs, reactor cores, and spent gasoline swimming pools," the IAEA reported.
• On 10 August, the Exterior Disaster Centre of Zaporizhzhia NPP was broken in a Russian assault on Zaporizhzhia.
• On 4 July, Russian forces brought on a blackout on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant by hanging a transmission line connecting the plant with Ukraine’s unified energy grid.
• Later, it was reported that the ability strains connecting Zaporizhzhia NPP to the Ukrainian energy grid have been working usually, offering dependable exterior energy to the plant to make sure radiation security.

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