IAEA delegation heading to Zaporizhzhia NPP

A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is heading to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi wrote this on Twitter, Ukrinform reports

“The day has come, the IAEA organization’s Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhia (ISAMZ) is now on its way. We must protect the safety and security of Ukraine’s and Europe’s biggest nuclear facility. Proud to lead this mission which will be in ZNPP later this week,” he wrote.

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According to The New York Times, the IAEA delegation includes IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and 13 other experts from mostly neutral countries. Neither the United States nor Britain is represented.

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