There are no signs of preparation for restarting Zaporizhzhya NPP

There is currently no signs that Russia is preparing to restart the occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, said on May 29, a representative of the International Atomic Energy Agency on anonymity. His words are quoted by the Western Reuters and Associated Press.

“I can say that our teams continue to confirm that there are currently no signs that there will now be some active preparation for restarting the power plant,” the official said.

Thus, he commented on the statement published on the eve of the non -governmental organization Greenpeace Ukraine, which indicated that Russian engineers were building a new power line for the occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. With reference to satellite photos, activists believe that construction is ongoing in the occupied territory, west of Berdyansk and northwest of Mariupol.

At the same time in the pictures until February 2025, the organization notes, no signs of construction were visible.

The Ukrainian unit Greenpeace notes that it has warned the danger of restarting Russia from January 2024. The organization also “investigates the role of the IAEA, which can contribute to the illegal actions of” Rossa “.

Grinpis refers, in particular, to the words of Rosatom’s chairman Alexei Likhachev of May 21, who stated in the Council of the Federation of Russia that “all live the dream of resumption of the station”, and an interagency agreement is planned to be released by the NPP at full capacity.

On May 28, in a comment to Ukrinform, a permanent representative of Ukraine at international organizations in Vienna Yuriy Vitrenko announced that the permanent representation of Ukraine at international organizations in Vienna sent a verbal note to the Secretariat, which condemned the obvious intentions of the Russian Federation to connect the occupied nuclear power.

Meanwhile, the CEO Rafael Grossi said on May 29 that the situation with the external power supply to the ZPP remains extremely unstable, since the largest such object in Europe is currently resting on only one line of power transmission compared to the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Greenpeace not commented.

The IAEA head will visit Ukraine and Russia next week as part of their regular contacts with the parties, the agency’s press service reported.

Zaporizhzhya NPP is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Russian troops occupied the city of Energodar and located near him Zaporizhzhya NPP in early March 2022.