The Russians mined the ZNPP again: the IAEA revealed the details

The Russians planted mines on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia NPP. This violates IAEA safety standards. This was reported by the IAEA website.

January 18 of this year IAEA experts again visited the ZNPP, including all six main control points. They were able to find out how many people worked at the station, but were unable to ask questions about their qualifications and experience.

Earlier, experts were given access to the reactor hall of power unit No. 6. They are currently seeking access to other reactor halls, engine rooms and reactor roofs. Such access is necessary to monitor nuclear safety and comply with the five specific principles of protection of the ZNPP, said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.

Mines along the perimeter of the ZNPP, in the buffer zone between the internal and external fences of the facility, which were previously detected by the IAEA team and were removed in November 2023, have now been re-installed. This is a closed area not accessible to operating station personnel. The Director General reiterated that the presence of mines is incompatible with IAEA safety standards.

Last week, IAEA experts met with ZNPP employees to discuss maintenance of the plant. Workers showed experts the maintenance plan for 2024, which includes important work related to nuclear safety.

This year, the priority for ZNPP is maintenance of safety systems and important activities that were not carried out last year. The annual maintenance plan includes security systems, diesel generators, unit transformers and a 750 kV substation.