“The IAEA convoy left Kyiv on Wednesday morning in the direction of the ZNPP,” the statement said.

About when exactly the mission plans to arrive at the facility, not reported.

Earlier, the head of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said that the authorities of the region are ready to accept the IAEA mission to the Zaporizhzhya NPP and ensure their complete safety. 

He noted that the program of the visit of the IAEA experts to the Zaporozhye NPP is designed for one day.

Balitsky suggested that the mission would most likely visit the 5th and 6th working reactors, which are currently operating at 60% and 80%, as well as the waste storage and cooling system.