01:18Mandatory credit: Rosatom
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi visited the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Kurchatov on Tuesday, amid concerns about risks to the facility caused by the recent Ukrainian incursion.
Footage shows IAEA delegation inspecting the site, as well as Grossi taking a joint photo with representatives of the Rosatom state corporation and NPP employees.
"Rafael Grossi was able to see that Unit 3 of the Kursk NPP continues to operate at its installed capacity, and Unit 4 has been on scheduled preventive maintenance. The design features of RBMK-type reactors were demonstrated to the IAEA director general. The IAEA delegation also observed the progress of the Kursk NPP-2 construction, which is proceeding as planned,” Rosatom's press service reported.
Grossi and Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev are expected to discuss the results of the visit at a joint meeting in Kaliningrad later.
During talks with the Russian delegation earlier, the IAEA director general emphasised that Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region had led to 'concerns about the security and the safety' of Kursk NPP.
"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 added.
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.
IAEA's Grossi tours Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Kurchatov amid Ukraine incursion
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi visited the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Kurchatov on Tuesday, amid concerns about risks to the facility caused by the recent Ukrainian incursion.
Footage shows IAEA delegation inspecting the site, as well as Grossi taking a joint photo with representatives of the Rosatom state corporation and NPP employees.
"Rafael Grossi was able to see that Unit 3 of the Kursk NPP continues to operate at its installed capacity, and Unit 4 has been on scheduled preventive maintenance. The design features of RBMK-type reactors were demonstrated to the IAEA director general. The IAEA delegation also observed the progress of the Kursk NPP-2 construction, which is proceeding as planned,” Rosatom's press service reported.
Grossi and Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev are expected to discuss the results of the visit at a joint meeting in Kaliningrad later.
During talks with the Russian delegation earlier, the IAEA director general emphasised that Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region had led to 'concerns about the security and the safety' of Kursk NPP.
"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 added.
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 visited the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Kurchatov on Tuesday, amid concerns about risks to the facility caused by the recent Ukrainian incursion.
Footage shows IAEA delegation inspecting the site, as well as Grossi taking a joint photo with representatives of the Rosatom state corporation and NPP employees.
"Rafael Grossi was able to see that Unit 3 of the Kursk NPP continues to operate at its installed capacity, and Unit 4 has been on scheduled preventive maintenance. The design features of RBMK-type reactors were demonstrated to the IAEA director general. The IAEA delegation also observed the progress of the Kursk NPP-2 construction, which is proceeding as planned,” Rosatom's press service reported.
Grossi and Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev are expected to discuss the results of the visit at a joint meeting in Kaliningrad later.
During talks with the Russian delegation earlier, the IAEA director general emphasised that Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region had led to 'concerns about the security and the safety' of Kursk NPP.
"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 added.
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.