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Ukraine has proposed sending UN peacekeepers to Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest and occupied by Russian forces, the head of Ukrainian public operator Energoatom said on Wednesday.
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The deployment of a peacekeeping contingent and the departure of the Russian army could be one of the ways to create a safe zone at the Zaporizhia NPP,” said Petro Kotine, head of Energoatom, quoted by the Interfax-Ukraine agency. .
The proposal by the public body of the kyiv government that controls nuclear energy was announced a day after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called for the creation of a “safety zone” capable of preventing a nuclear accident at the plant where situation was considered. “unsustainable” because of the bombing.
The deployment of a peacekeeping contingent inside the plant, in Energodar (where the facilities are located) and in the vicinity requires diplomatic efforts on the part of the UN,” Kotine said.
The Russian occupation forces have controlled the nuclear plant since the beginning of last March.
The site has been hit by bombing for which Moscow and kyiv deny responsibility.
Bombed city of Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
You the plant’s reactors were not hit But there is a “high risk” of a serious accident, Karine Herviou, director general of the French Institute for Nuclear Safety, told France Presse.
“The main risk is the loss of electrical supply to the reactors” which can stop cooling and cause incidents, Herviou warned.
Last week, a team of 14 IAEA members visited the plant.
Rafael Grossi, head of the United Nations agency, said the site had been damaged by fighting.
Source: Observadora
