The board of directors of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) has adopted a resolution calling on Ukraine to control the invading Ukraine, saying that it will force nuclear facilities under control and significantly increase the risk of a nuclear accident.
Following Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, the IAEA held an urgent board meeting in Vienna, Austria, where its headquarters are located, and adopted the resolution with a majority in favor on the 3rd.
Ukraine has 15 nuclear reactors in four locations, and actions such as Russia's forced control of nuclear facilities pose a direct threat to facilities and workers and pose a significant risk of a nuclear accident. He points out that it is endangering neighboring countries and the international community, including Ukraine, as it enhances it.
On top of that, we are requesting Ukraine to manage domestic nuclear facilities, including the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which has a storage facility for radioactive waste.
Russia was also present at this board meeting, and according to diplomatic sources, it opposed the resolution with China.
"The Ukrainian authorities have not lost control of the nuclear facility and the resolution is ridiculous. It is a mistake based on political motives," Ulyanov, the permanent representative of Russia's Permanent Mission to International Organizations, responded to interviews with NHK and others. doing.
In Ukraine, there are moves by staff and citizens to build barricades at the country's largest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia in the southeast to prevent Russian troops from invading, and there are concerns that attacks around the nuclear power plant will cause accidents. It's getting stronger.