٠٠:٠٣:٠٣Mandatory credit: Rosatom
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Rafael Grossi has inspected power units No. 3 and No. 4 at the Kursk nuclear power plant in Kurchatov, the press service of state corporation Rosatom said on Tuesday.
Footage shows the head of the nuclear agency inspecting the room where the reactor control and protection system is located, while also familiarising himself with the NPP control panel.
According to the state corporation, Grossi had the opportunity to ensure power unit No. 3 continues to operate at its installed capacity, as power unit No. 4 undergoes routine maintenance.
In addition, the IAEA head was given an overview of the unique design of the high-power channel reactor (RBMK) and observed evidence of UAV attacks on the nuclear facility.
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.
IAEA’s Grossi inspects power unit and control panel at Kursk NPP during visit to Kurchatov
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Rafael Grossi has inspected power units No. 3 and No. 4 at the Kursk nuclear power plant in Kurchatov, the press service of state corporation Rosatom said on Tuesday.
Footage shows the head of the nuclear agency inspecting the room where the reactor control and protection system is located, while also familiarising himself with the NPP control panel.
According to the state corporation, Grossi had the opportunity to ensure power unit No. 3 continues to operate at its installed capacity, as power unit No. 4 undergoes routine maintenance.
In addition, the IAEA head was given an overview of the unique design of the high-power channel reactor (RBMK) and observed evidence of UAV attacks on the nuclear facility.
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) General Rafael Grossi has inspected power units No. 3 and No. 4 at the Kursk nuclear power plant in Kurchatov, the press service of state corporation Rosatom said on Tuesday.
Footage shows the head of the nuclear agency inspecting the room where the reactor control and protection system is located, while also familiarising himself with the NPP control panel.
According to the state corporation, Grossi had the opportunity to ensure power unit No. 3 continues to operate at its installed capacity, as power unit No. 4 undergoes routine maintenance.
In addition, the IAEA head was given an overview of the unique design of the high-power channel reactor (RBMK) and observed evidence of UAV attacks on the nuclear facility.
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.