IAEA puts its Incident and Emergency Centre in full 24/7 response mode
FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2022, 7:10 p.m.
Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has decided to launch a 24-hour Center for Incidents and Emergencies due to a fire at the Zaporizhzhya NPP caused by shelling by Russian invaders.
Source: IAEA on Twitter
Verbatium: " IAEA puts its Incident and Emergency Centre in full 24/7 response mode due to serious situation at Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.."
What preceded: Ukraine informed IAEA about the fire at the Zaporizhzhya NPP site.
Background:
Nuclear safety at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant was threatened, reactors were in danger due to shelling by the Russian military and subsequent fire.
Firefighters were initially denied the access to put out the fire caused by the fighting, but were later given the access.
President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the world community and stated that no one had ever shelled nuclear power plants, the Russians were threatening to blow up the station, which puts an entire world in danger of a global catastrophe.
Energodar has 6 energy blocks. In 1986, only one block exploded in Chernobyl NPP. In total, Ukraine has 15 nuclear energy blocks.
The fire in the training building of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Energodar was extinguished.
