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STORY: IAEA / GROSSI KYIV VISIT
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SOURCE: IAEA
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LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 03 JUNE 2025, UKRAINE
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“We have been exchanging information and assessments around the situation at the at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where, as you know, the agency has a permanent presence through mission of security and safeguards support.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“We also, apart from this, have been discussing a number of issues that have to do with work oriented towards the future, reconstruction of the energy infrastructure of Ukraine, on a number of areas. In particular, for example, we are continuing our consideration of the work leading to the construction of units three and four of the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant.”
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03 JUNE 2025, UKRAINE
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“We are also considering ways and means, by which the Agency will contribute to the important repair work that will have to be conducted at the Chernobyl safety containment which, as you may remember, which was damage earlier in the year. This requires a very thorough safety assessment and evaluation, which we are going to be performing."
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03 JUNE 2025, UKRAINE
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“In general terms, we have to move to a more stable situation, and this of course depends on the overall political negotiation, which will lead to less or ideally no military activity around the plant. This is the first thing. Absent that, what we are doing, what you are doing, what everybody is doing, try to avoid the worst. Repair it as soon as possible. Try to ensure outside power supply whenever it falls down.”
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IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is in Ukraine today (03 Jun) as part of his ongoing efforts to help ensure nuclear safety and security during the conflict.
Speaking to reporters, Grossi noted that this is his twelfth visit to Ukraine since February 2022.
The Director General said that he discussed very concrete aspects of cooperation between his Agency and Ukrainian officials.
He said, “We have been exchanging information and assessments around the situation at the at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where, as you know, the agency has a permanent presence through mission of security and safeguards support.”
Grossi added, “We also, apart from this, have been discussing a number of issues that have to do with work oriented towards the future, reconstruction of the energy infrastructure of Ukraine, on a number of areas. In particular, for example, we are continuing our consideration of the work leading to the construction of units three and four of the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant.”
The Director General continued, ““We are also considering ways and means, by which the Agency will contribute to the important repair work that will have to be conducted at the Chernobyl safety containment which, as you may remember, which was damage earlier in the year. This requires a very thorough safety assessment and evaluation, which we are going to be performing.”
Grossi concluded, “In general terms, we have to move to a more stable situation, and this of course depends on the overall political negotiation, which will lead to less or ideally no military activity around the plant. This is the first thing. Absent that, what we are doing, what you are doing, what everybody is doing, try to avoid the worst. Repair it as soon as possible. Try to ensure outside power supply whenever it falls down.”
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