An expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived in Kyiv and is readying to inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) for damage from weeks of shelling. The development marks a significant breakthrough for the agency, which has for the past month pleaded with Russia and Ukraine to allow it to conduct the planned mission at the distressed power plant.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told reporters on Wednesday the agency plans to spend “a few days” at the 6-GW plant. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, ZNPP is located closest to the Russian-occupied regions of Crimea and eastern Ukraine, and sits directly in the war zone where Ukraine’s resistance is centered.
