An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team today visited a substation critical to nuclear safety and security in Ukraine and reported damage as a result of recently reported military activities, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
Following reports of the damage caused, the IAEA promptly dispatched a team to one of the affected substations that had been targeted. The IAEA team conducted a thorough walkdown of the area, gaining immediate, first-hand insights into the damage and assessing its impact on the safety and security of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants (NPPs).
The team confirmed the damage to the substation’s equipment and determined that there was a negative impact to the reliability of the off-site power supply to Ukrainian NPPs, thus affecting nuclear safety and security.
“Attacks on Ukraine’s power grid represent an ever-present danger to nuclear safety and security to all nuclear facilities in Ukraine,” Director General Grossi added.
While restoration activities on the power grid are on-going, one NPP remains without one of its off-site power lines and further repair work is needed. The IAEA will continue to monitor the situation.
