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Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in Energodar. archive photo

Grossi, head of the IAEA, said that only a third of employees continue to work at ZNPP.

ROME, January 11 – RIA Novosti. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that 3,000-4,000 people continue to work at the Zaporozhye NPP. rafael gross.

“At the moment, only 3-4 thousand of the station’s 10 thousand employees continue to work, most of them have left the region, others do not want to work anymore,” Grossi said on the broadcast of the Italian news channel Rainews24. .

Answering a question about the accusations that these workers were held by Ukraine by force, Grossi said that as the “general director” (IAEA) he could not speak on the matter.

Zaporozhye NPP is located on the left bank of the Dnieper, near the town of Energodar. This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in terms of the number of units and installed capacity – the power plant has six power units with a capacity of 1 gigawatt each. It has been under the protection of the Russian army since March. The Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that this step is justified in order to prevent the leakage of nuclear and radioactive materials.

The Ukrainian army continues to regularly bomb Enerhodar and the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant adjacent to the city. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the Kyiv regime was trying to create the appearance of a nuclear catastrophe threat by continuing to deliberately bomb the ZNPP. The IAEA has repeatedly expressed the need to create a security zone around the ZNPP.

Source: Ria

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