06/07/22

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U.N. atomic agency chief Rafael Grossi said he is pressing for access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which is Europe's largest such facility containing six reactors.

💬 “We hope to go there to be able to prevent...a problem, or we end up finding that there are a few hundred kilograms of nuclear weapon-grade material going missing. This is what keeps us awake at night at the moment,” Mr. Grossi said.

The Zaporizhzhia plant has been under the control of Russian forces since the early days of the Ukraine invasion but Ukrainian staff continue to operate the facility. Mr. Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the site contains 30,000 kilograms of plutonium and 40,000 kilograms of enriched uranium. [Rafael Grossi] has repeatedly called for Ukraine and Russia to agree to measures to ensure the safety of Ukraine's four active nuclear sites, including guaranteeing emergency support and supplies can reach the nuclear plants in case of an incident.

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Ukraine denies presence of stockpiles of plutonium and enriched uranium (TASS)

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