02:28Mandatory credit: Rosatom
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said that Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region had caused 'concerns about the security and the safety' of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, during his visit to Kurchatov on Tuesday.
"Recent developments in the vicinity of this plant and the incursion of Ukrainian troops in this region have led to concerns about the security and the safety of this nuclear power plant," he said.
"This is why, in our conversations with Mr Likhachev, we assumed and evaluated that it would be important for me and for the experts to conduct this visit in order to have a first assessment of the situation here on site," Grossi continued.
The IAEA head also noted that the agency's experts were awaiting data on the situation around the plant to determine a 'path ahead', to 'maximise the necessary co-operation' and 'preserve and prevent any accident or any violation' of IAEA pillars.
Rosatom's press service reported that an IAEA delegation headed by Rafael Grossi visited Kursk NPP at the invitation of the state corporation head Alexei Likhachev and "assessed the nuclear safety risks posed by attacks on the facility".
Grossi and Likhachev are expected to discuss the results of the visit at a joint meeting in Kaliningrad later.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Ukraine's incursion raises 'concerns about security and safety' of Kursk Nuclear Power Plant - IAEA's Grossi
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said that Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region had caused 'concerns about the security and the safety' of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, during his visit to Kurchatov on Tuesday.
"Recent developments in the vicinity of this plant and the incursion of Ukrainian troops in this region have led to concerns about the security and the safety of this nuclear power plant," he said.
"This is why, in our conversations with Mr Likhachev, we assumed and evaluated that it would be important for me and for the experts to conduct this visit in order to have a first assessment of the situation here on site," Grossi continued.
The IAEA head also noted that the agency's experts were awaiting data on the situation around the plant to determine a 'path ahead', to 'maximise the necessary co-operation' and 'preserve and prevent any accident or any violation' of IAEA pillars.
Rosatom's press service reported that an IAEA delegation headed by Rafael Grossi visited Kursk NPP at the invitation of the state corporation head Alexei Likhachev and "assessed the nuclear safety risks posed by attacks on the facility".
Grossi and Likhachev are expected to discuss the results of the visit at a joint meeting in Kaliningrad later.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Mandatory credit: Rosatom
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said that Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region had caused 'concerns about the security and the safety' of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, during his visit to Kurchatov on Tuesday.
"Recent developments in the vicinity of this plant and the incursion of Ukrainian troops in this region have led to concerns about the security and the safety of this nuclear power plant," he said.
"This is why, in our conversations with Mr Likhachev, we assumed and evaluated that it would be important for me and for the experts to conduct this visit in order to have a first assessment of the situation here on site," Grossi continued.
The IAEA head also noted that the agency's experts were awaiting data on the situation around the plant to determine a 'path ahead', to 'maximise the necessary co-operation' and 'preserve and prevent any accident or any violation' of IAEA pillars.
Rosatom's press service reported that an IAEA delegation headed by Rafael Grossi visited Kursk NPP at the invitation of the state corporation head Alexei Likhachev and "assessed the nuclear safety risks posed by attacks on the facility".
Grossi and Likhachev are expected to discuss the results of the visit at a joint meeting in Kaliningrad later.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.