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IAEA delivers its assessment of Zaporizhzhia NPP after returning from facility

Guardian, 03 Sep 2022
After returning from its brief mission to the embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the IAEA gave the plant's physical integrity a red light, in a seven-pillar traffic-light assessment. 'I was able to see, myself and my team, impact holes, markings on buildings of shelling,' said Rafael Grossi, head of the IAEA mission. The inspection team arrived at the Russian-occupied plant on Thursday and were given a tour of the facility. Ukraine’s state nuclear agency, Energoatom, had claimed that the IAEA was not shown certain areas of the site but a choreographed 'show'. Grossi however said he had seen everything he needed to see. Speaking to reporters in Vienna he also expressed concern about continued fighting around the plant and said members of his team would remain to continue their inspection.
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