IAEA / GROSSI UKRAINE NUCLEAR PLANT

Finishing his trip to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said, “in the observance of the five basic principles established at the United Nations Security Council, the physical integrity of the plant has been relatively stable.” IAEA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:05:38
• Production Date: 7 February 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY - IAEA
• Subject Topical: NUCLEAR SAFETY
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 3171302
• Parent Id: 3171302
• Alternate Title: unifeed240207e

Description

STORY: IAEA / GROSSI UKRAINE NUCLEAR PLANT
TRT:5:38
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 07 FEBRUARY 2024, NEAR ZAPORIZHZHYA NPP, UKRAINE

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, soldiers and IAEA delegation with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi walking towards Ukrainian flag
2. Wide shot, IAEA delegation crossing river, walking on rocks
3. Various shtos, Grossi crossing river
4. Med shot, IAEA delegation passing by soldier
5. Med shot, shot of IAEA delegation walking over towards Russian flag
6. Various of rotating team of IAEA experts carrying suitcases
7. Walking shot of Grossi inside Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP)
8. Various of Grossi listening, inside ZNPP Control Room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General: “It’s important that they have access, and they can ask questions, this is very important as well. On occasion, there were situations where they were suggestions that they look but they don’t talk. That's not good. So please let's try to keep the friendly exchange of ideas.”
10. Various close of Grossi wearing white helmet
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“We can see that, in the observance of the five basic principles established at the United Nations Security Council, the physical integrity of the plant has been relatively stable. There have been less, episodes of direct attacks or shelling around it, which is a positive development, although we take it with enormous cautions.”
12. Long tracking shot, IAEA delegation crossing frontline towards Ukrainian flag, passing by destroyed bridge
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“We have always, indicated that this is an ongoing effort. And this is why we have been looking at other aspects - the water situation, related to the availability of, enough precisely, water to ensure the cooling function of the facility. I was able to look at the wells that had been drilled to provide the water that has been in deficit here after the episode, at the Nova Kakhovka dam.”
14. Long tracking shot, IAEA delegation crossing frontline towards Ukrainian flag, passing by destroyed bridge
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“The issues related to the staff and the necessity to ensure sufficient availability of license and authorized staff, has also been part of the discussions we've had here at Zaporizhzhya. In some, an important visit, one that confirms the importance, the indispensable activity that the IAEA is displaying here and of course, our commitment to continue because until the end, until the conflict ends without nuclear accident with radiological sequences, we will not be able to say that our job is complete. But we continue and today has been an important part of this effort.”
16. Tracking shot, IAEA delegation walking up stairs, towards Ukrainian flag

Storyline

Finishing his trip to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said, “in the observance of the five basic principles established at the United Nations Security Council, the physical integrity of the plant has been relatively stable.”

Speaking at the crossing line after assessing the plant today (07 Feb), the IAEA Director General said, “we have been able to perform an important visit, which allowed us to complete our impressions on the current stage of the facility of the status on nuclear safety and security.”

Grossi also said, “There have been less, episodes of direct attacks or shelling around it, which is a positive development, although we take it with enormous cautions.”

On the water situation, the Director General said, “we have been looking at other aspects - the water situation, related to the availability of, enough precisely, water to ensure the cooling function of the facility. I was able to look at the wells that had been drilled to provide the water that has been in deficit here after the episode, at the Nova Kakhovka dam.”

On the issues related to the staff and the necessity to ensure sufficient availability of license and authorized staff at the Plant, Grossi said that it has also been part of the discussions while his team was at the Zaporizhzhya plant.

“In some, an important visit, one that confirms the importance, the indispensable activity that the IAEA is displaying here and of course, our commitment to continue because until the end, until the conflict ends without nuclear accident with radiological sequences, we will not be able to say that our job is complete. But we continue and today has been an important part of this effort,” the IAEA chief concluded.