Fighting has intensified near a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that is Europe’s largest, further increasing the possibility of a war-related nuclear accident, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday.
The nuclear agency head said he has maintained a professional dialogue with both Russian and Ukrainian officials as he seeks a deal “to ensure … that there is no radiological accident, major catastrophic accident, in Europe,” he added.
Given that the negotiations are specific to preventing a nuclear disaster at the plant and not aimed at securing a broader cease-fire, “in my opinion this should make an agreement possible, not impossible, not utopian, not something for which we should be waiting for months and months on end,”“I see an increased level of danger,” the head of the nuclear agency said. “I think the principle here is to avoid an accident, and the possibility of having it is increasing. This is a matter of fact.
Plant personnel have had to switch to emergency diesel generators six times during the 13-month war to power essential cooling systems. When backup power supplies might be needed again is “absolutely unpredictable,”“It’s because of the shelling, it’s because of the drone, it’s because of an attack, it’s because of an offensive operation or a defensive operation. So it’s not something that you can really plan for,” he noted. “It is occurring, has been occurring.
While the last direct shelling of the plant occurred in November, the surrounding area was still being hit, the nuclear agency chief said, noting that “we have far more military activity, and more is announced.”
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