As the interlocutor recalled, the first visit of the agency delegation was in September 2022.
“By that time there were direct attacks on the station itself, on the enterprise, so the situation was serious,” Grossi said, adding that the consequences of such attacks could be “unthinkable.”
The changes that have occurred since then are also of a technical nature: the operation of the nuclear power plant has been suspended, and Russia has established a new structure to manage the station, the head of the IAEA noted.
Grossi admitted that while there is an armed conflict, he cannot say that “everything is fine,” but there are also positive aspects.
For example, the IAEA has a stable presence at a nuclear power plant and can work both with the workers of the plant itself and directly with the Russian management and representatives of Rosatom.
On March 6, Rafael Grossi, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that he was ready to discuss sensitive topics.