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STORY: IAEA / GROSSI BOARD OF GOVERNORS
TRT: 01:23
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 03 JUNE 2024, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
1. Wide shot, IAEA Board of Governors meeting
2. Med shot, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi at the dais
3. Close up, camera showing Grossi on the viewscreen
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“Since we last met, something very serious happened in the sense that for the first time in a long time direct attacks were aimed at the plant, which of course is of extreme gravity.”
5. Various shots, Board of Governors meeting
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
"This highlights the precarious and very fragile situation around the plant. ISAM - our permanent mission there – continues, we have successfully completed yet another rotation, and we need to continue the engagement at technical level to make sure that no nuclear accident with radiological consequences takes place there.”
7. Pan right, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“Consultations continue. As you know, I've been in Kaliningrad just a few days ago, continuing my consultations and I will of course this week, be meeting with the Minister of Energy of Ukraine. And we will continue this very important work on another serious situation there.”
9. Pan right, Board of Governors meeting
UN Atomic Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi today (3 Jun) told the annual Board of Governors meeting in Vienna that “for the first time in a long time,” during the reporting period, there had been “direct attacks” aimed at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which he said is “of extreme gravity.”
Grossi said, "this highlights the precarious and very fragile situation around the plant,” noting that the IAEA Support and Assistance Mission (ISAM) continues, and needs “to continue the engagement at technical level to make sure that no nuclear accident with radiological consequences takes place there.”
The IAEA Chief, who visited Kaliningrad last week, said he will be continuing consultations and will meet Ukraine’s Minister of Energy German Galushchenko.
Vienna, Austria
In his written statement, Grossi explained that “Zaporizhzhya NPP suffered direct attacks for the first time in almost one and a half years. These attacks violated the first of the five concrete principles for protecting the Zaporizhzhya NPP that I laid out to the Board for the first time one year ago. The attacks and the frequent disconnection of the off-site power lines due to military activity are creating a grave situation.”
The IAEA Board of Governors is one of the two policy-making bodies of the IAEA, along with the annual General Conference of IAEA Member States.
The Board examines and makes recommendations to the General Conference on the IAEA's financial statements, programme and budget. It considers applications for membership, approves safeguards agreements and the publication of the IAEA's safety standards. It also appoints the Director General of the IAEA, with the approval of the General Conference.
The Board generally meets five times per year: in March and June, twice in September (before and after the General Conference) and in November.
