{"id":3498,"date":"2024-04-16T00:08:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2024-04-16T00:08:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:08:13","slug":"un-nuclear-chief-says-accident-is-dangerously-close-at-zaporizhzhia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=3498","title":{"rendered":"UN nuclear chief says accident is &#8216;dangerously close&#8217; at Zaporizhzhia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gdb.voanews.com\/01000000-c0a8-0242-1864-08dbf387cb41_cx0_cy8_cw0_w800_h450.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"wsw\">\n<span class=\"dateline\">united nations \u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Monday that the danger of a major nuclear accident at Ukraine\u2019s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains \u201cvery real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are getting dangerously close to a nuclear accident,\u201d Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told the U.N. Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>The nuclear plant, Europe\u2019s largest, came under several attacks in the early part of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces have occupied the facility since March 2022. The IAEA worked out an agreement to station one of its teams there to monitor the facility and any damage to its systems.<\/p>\n<p>Grossi said that over the past 10 days, the plant has sustained several direct attacks \u2014 the first since November 2022. He did not say who carried them out.<\/p>\n<p>In one direct hit, the containment dome of a reactor building was struck. Grossi said the damage to the structure was not significant, but the attack set a dangerous precedent.<\/p>\n<p>Two other attacks were near the main reactor buildings and resulted in at least one casualty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese reckless attacks must cease immediately,\u201d Grossi said.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that two years of war are weighing heavily on nuclear safety at the plant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot sit by and watch as the final weight tips the finely balanced scale,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia and Ukraine each blame the other for the strikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine\u2019s shelling of ZNPP cannot be justifiable on any grounds, including military goals,\u201d Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said, referring to the plant by its initialism.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that Russia has never stationed heavy weaponry at the plant nor attacked from its territory.<\/p>\n<p>Grossi confirmed to reporters that \u201cthere is no heavy weaponry there\u201d but added that \u201cthe vicinity is something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s ambassador said the recent attacks were \u201ca well-planned false flag operation\u201d by Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way out of the current, very precarious situation is complete demilitarization and deoccupation of the ZNPP and adjacent territories,\u201d Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/un-nuclear-chief-says-accident-is-dangerously-close-at-zaporizhzhia\/7571240.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>united nations \u2014\u00a0 The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Monday that the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UN nuclear chief says accident is &#039;dangerously close&#039; 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