Zaporizhzhia, the Ukrainian nuclear power plant is “completely out of control”

Beyond the already risky bombings on March 3 and 4, Grossi said the really worrying thing right now is that the supply chain of equipment and spare parts has been interrupted. Consequently, we cannot be sure that plant personnel have everything they need to carry out the inspections that need to be done continuously in all nuclear power plants, and possibly intervene if necessary through the replacement of some components important for the energy production process o other forms of maintenance. The IAEA continues to argue that it must send a team to inspect the plant to ascertain the facts of what is actually happening, possibly carry out repairs and inspections, and “prevent a nuclear accident from occurring“. Grossi himself went to visit the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April, and despite the alarming level of security there too, during the interview with Associated Press he said that the IAEA has set up “an assistance mission that has so far been very, very successful“.

In addition to the obvious technical assistance, Grossi believes the agency can play an important role in ensuring peace. “The IAEA, with its presence, it would be a deterrent to any act of violence against this nuclear power plant“- said Grossi -“So I’m pleading as an international official, as the head of an international organization, I’m begging both sides to let this mission proceed“.