The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was seized by Russian forces shortly following their invasion of Ukraine last year and has come under repeated bombardment. Moscow and kyiv exchange reproaches and accuse each other of risking a nuclear accident.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for the creation of a safety zone around the plant, to prevent heavy weapons and bombardments from causing further damage.
“Rafael Grossi spoke regarding promoting his initiative to establish a nuclear and physical security protection zone of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,” Rosatom said.
“In this regard, (Rosatom CEO) Alexey Likhachev expressed the readiness of the Russian side to continue working on the implementation of the IAEA Director General’s initiative,” he added.
The plant, which is the largest in Europe, accounted for around 20% of Ukraine’s national electricity production before the invasion, but has not produced electricity since September, when the last of its six reactors was been decommissioned.
After it was seized by Russian troops, Rosatom took control of it and installed its own management, a move kyiv denounced as illegal.
