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IAEA would like to send mission to Zaporizhia NPP before Sept 5 – media
BRUSSELS. Aug 26 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expects to send a mission to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant before September 5, it will include not only agency inspectors, but also security and safety authorities, Bloomberg has reported citing diplomatic sources.
"The IAEA wants to visit the site before September 5," the agency said.
"An impending International Atomic Energy Agency visit to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine will include security and safety authorities, in addition to the officials in charge of accounting for nuclear material at the site, according to two diplomats with knowledge of the visit who asked not to be identified in exchange for discussing the plans," Bloomberg said.
The inclusion of security and safety experts will allow the agency to potentially perform a forensic evaluation of shelling against the plant, which could be used to hold attackers responsible.
According to the diplomats, a two-week international mission was scheduled before the war broke out six months ago and would have been the first safety assessment of Zaporizhia in 16 years.
For its part, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) also reported on Thursday that A letter from dozens of experts and former officials called on the U.S. president to demand an immediate IAEA inspection of the Zaporizhia plant.
"We hope you will take urgent action to help secure the IAEA visit to prevent a potential humanitarian and ecological disaster," the WSJ quoted a copy of the letter obtained by the newspaper.
