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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi visited Ukraine’s Kyivska substation and said, “nuclear energy has been the backbone” that has sustained Ukraine’s economy through “the hardest any country can have, which is war.” IAEA
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STORY: IAEA / UKRAINE GROSSI VISIT
TRT: 03:32
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 04 FEBRUARY 2025, KYIVSKA SUBSTATION, KYIV OBLAST, UKRAINE

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1. Pan left, damaged nuclear energy infrastructure
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“The focus of my visit this time is to see and to assess personally the situation at the - in general - the substations. In particular this one, we chose Kyivska because of its importance in terms of the functioning of the grid here in the in Ukraine.”
3. Med shot, IAEA Director General Mariano Grossi touring Kyivska substation
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“It has a strategic value, and as we see it has been damaged quite significantly. And at the same time, it's important. The minister was explaining to me and the head of the plant as well, the kind of work that had been undertaken, you know to preserve the stability of the grid. As you just saw, the protective shelter that is being built here and the replacement transformers that are going to be put into operation.”
5. Med shot, IAEA Director General Mariano Grossi touring Kyivska substation
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“We have been visiting, in fact, nine, nine stations that are critical for the functioning, the safe functioning of the nuclear power plants. And of course, the situation is quite dire. We should not, I think, hide the fact that, as you can see behind us, this, infrastructure has been degraded.”
7. Wide shot, damaged nuclear energy infrastructure
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“You know, a nuclear accident can come with a direct attack on a nuclear power plant, but it can also be the result of a disruption in the power grid. And this substation is a critical part of that network that you have here in Ukraine. So, when a substation like this is affected or is prevented from operating in a normal way, then you can have a very serious situation.”
9. Wide shot, power station towers
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“The nuclear energy has been the backbone that has sustained the economy through a very, very difficult time, which is the hardest any country can have, which is war.”
11. Med shot, IAEA Director General Mariano Grossi touring Kyivska substation
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“We are, of course, aware of this, project about Khmelnytskyi three and four, two units that what has to say, have started, the construction has started in the case of the third unit, 80 percent, as I learned today of the construction is completed. In the in the case of the fourth unit, 25 percent. So, there is quite an effort and an investment that has already been done.”
13. Wide shot, damaged nuclear energy infrastructure
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“I am looking forward to have a conversation with the president later today about this, because the agency is, of course, ready and we have already started some analytical work on the specific areas where we could provide a safety assessment.”
15. Wide shot, IAEA Director General Mariano Grossi touring Kyivska substation

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi today (4 Feb) visited Ukraine’s Kyivska substation and said, “nuclear energy has been the backbone” that has sustained Ukraine’s economy through “the hardest any country can have, which is war.”

Grossi, who is in Ukraine to assess damage to key electricity infrastructure that is critical to the country’s nuclear safety, said, “the focus of my visit this time is to see and to assess personally the situation at the - in general - the substations. In particular this one, we chose Kyivska because of its importance in terms of the functioning of the grid here in the in Ukraine.”

He said Kyivska “has a strategic value, and as we see it has been damaged quite significantly,” and noted that a protective shelter is being built and replacement transformers are going to be put into operation.

Grossi noted that the IAEA is assessing nine stations that are “critical” for “the safe functioning of the nuclear power plants,” and said, “the situation is quite dire” as the infrastructure “has been degraded.”

The IAEA Director General pointed out that “a nuclear accident can come with a direct attack on a nuclear power plant, but it can also be the result of a disruption in the power grid,” and said, “this substation is a critical part of that network that you have here in Ukraine. So, when a substation like this is affected or is prevented from operating in a normal way, then you can have a very serious situation.”

Grossi spoke about the new nuclear power plants being built in the Cherkasy region to replace capacity lost due to the war.

He said, “Khmelnytskyi three and four, two units that what has to say, have started, the construction has started in the case of the third unit, 80 percent, as I learned today of the construction is completed. In the in the case of the fourth unit, 25 percent. So, there is quite an effort and an investment that has already been done.”

Grossi said he was “looking forward” to a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later today, “because the agency is, of course, ready and we have already started some analytical work on the specific areas where we could provide a safety assessment.”

This is the 11th mission to Ukraine led personally by the Director General since the conflict began almost three years ago.

Grossi was accompanied by Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko and Energoatom Chairman Petro Kotin.

Among the IAEA delegation were Massimo Aparo, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards, and Lydie Evrard, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security.

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