IAEA = International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Grossi has a strong sense of crisis that the risk of an accident is increasing because the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has become difficult to restore the external power supply necessary for cooling the reactor due to successive bombardments. showed.
IAEA Director General Grossi said in a statement on the 9th that the city of Enerhodar, where the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is located, was hit by shelling on the 8th.
The bombardment damaged a thermal power plant near the nuclear power plant, and a large-scale power outage occurred in the city of Enerjodar, where the engineers of the nuclear power plant live.
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant has lost the supply of power from the outside necessary for cooling the reactor due to damage to transmission lines due to shelling so far, but the power output of the nuclear power plant has been lowered and the facility continues to operate. We supply the power you need.
However, Secretary-General Grossi acknowledged that the damage caused by successive bombardments has made it difficult to restore external power sources.
In a report released by the IAEA on the 6th, the emergency diesel generator in the facility to maintain the cooling function of the reactor has fuel stockpiles, but it is difficult to transport fuel from outside. I point out that there are
Director-General Grossi also pointed out that due to factors such as large-scale blackouts, it is becoming difficult to secure the personnel necessary for safe operation of nuclear power plants, and expressed a strong sense of crisis that the risk of a nuclear accident is increasing. called for an immediate end to the artillery fire.