- Title: TIMELINE: UN nuclear boss to visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Wednesday
- Date: 21st August 2022
- Summary: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi visited the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine on September 1 and said experts would maintain a continued presence at the facility. Local residents presented Grossi with a petition and documentation of damage caused by shelling in the area. ENERHODAR, RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED UKRAINE (FILE - SEPTEMBER 1, 2022) (REUTERS) LOCAL RESIDENT NATALYA CHIRNENKO SHOWING REPORTERS DOCUMENTATION OF DAMAGE DUE TO MILITARY ACTION IAEA MISSION LEADER AND DIRECTOR GENERAL RAFAEL GROSSI LISTENING TO LOCAL RESIDENTS GROSSI LOOKING THROUGH DOCUMENTS, AND SAYING: GROSSI (English): "So, you live in Enerhodar?" CHIRNENKO (Russian): "Yes, I live in Enerhodar" GROSSI (English): "With family?" CHIRNENKO (Russian): "Yes, with family." (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) LOCAL RESIDENT, NAME UNKNOWN, SAYING: "We ask you to stop this madness. This is all the 20,647 signatures. And we ask you to look at this and respond to it, so we can have peace and the nuclear plant blocks can work for peace." GROSSI SAYING (English): "Well, you can tell everyone that by taking this it is as if I was listening to their voices."
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- Keywords: IAEA Maxar Technologies. Russia Ukraine United Nations Vladimir Putin Volodymyr Zelenskiy Zaporizhzhia captured by Russia nuclear power plant
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday (28 March) his attempt to broker a deal to protect Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was still alive, and that he was adjusting the proposals to seek a breakthrough.
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, spoke to Reuters a day before he is expected to travel to Europe's largest nuclear power station in the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region of southeastern Ukraine.
Grossi has been pushing for a safety zone to be created at the plant to prevent a possible nuclear disaster as Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of shelling the site of the power station since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year.
The contours of the proposed deal have not been made public.
Diplomats say Grossi's latest proposal no longer includes a defined radius around the plant to mark the zone.
Ukraine does not want a deal that will in effect recognise or allow a Russian military presence at the plant. Other elements of Grossi's plan include no firing at or from the plant, and the removal of heavy weapons. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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