{"id":114967,"date":"2023-06-16T09:05:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T06:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/un-nuclear-chief-says-situation-at-zaporizhzhia-plant-is-serious-but-it-can-operate-safely-for-some-time\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T09:05:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T06:05:06","slug":"un-nuclear-chief-says-situation-at-zaporizhzhia-plant-is-serious-but-it-can-operate-safely-for-some-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/un-nuclear-chief-says-situation-at-zaporizhzhia-plant-is-serious-but-it-can-operate-safely-for-some-time\/","title":{"rendered":"UN nuclear chief says situation at Zaporizhzhia plant is \u2018serious\u2019 but it can operate safely for \u2018some time\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114967\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThe head of the UN atomic energy agency has said the situation at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine is \u201cserious\u201d and that ensuring water for cooling was a priority of his visit, adding that the station could operate safely for \u201csome time\u201d. Rafael Grossi, of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was inspecting the state of Europe\u2019s largest nuclear plant following last week\u2019s breach in the Kakhovka dam downstream on the Dnipro River. He said IAEA inspectors would remain at the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is essential for the safety of this plant is that the water that you see behind me stays at that level,\u201d Grossi said in two tweets issued from near the station, including next to a pond that supplies water for cooling. \u201cWith the water that is here the plant can be kept safe for some time. The plant is going to be working to replenish the water so that safety functions can continue normally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grossi said the visit, his third to the plant in southern Ukraine since Russian forces occupied it in the first days of their February 2022 invasion, had gathered \u201ca good amount of information for an assessment\u201d. Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly accused each other of shelling near the plant, endangering its safe operation. The station\u2019s six reactors are now in shutdown. An IAEA spokesperson said gunfire briefly halted Grossi\u2019s convoy as it headed back to Ukrainian-held territory after the visit, but the delegation was in no immediate danger.<\/p>\n<p>A Russian energy industry official was earlier cited by Tass news agency as accusing Ukraine of opening fire at the convoy. Earlier in the day, Grossi said it was unrealistic to expect Moscow and Kyiv to sign a document on the site\u2019s security while fighting raged nearby. The Kakhovka reservoir was normally used to refill the cooling pond adjacent to the plant but cannot do so now because of its falling water level after the breach, officials say. Instead, the pond, which is separated from the reservoir, can be replenished using deep underground wells, they say.<\/p>\n<p>Grossi was earlier quoted by Russian news agencies as saying the situation at the site was \u00b4serious\u00b4. \u201cOn the one hand, we can see that the situation is serious, the consequences [of the dam\u2019s destruction] are there, and they are real,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the same time, there are measures that are being taken to stabilise the situation.\u201d Grossi\u2019s trip was delayed by a day for security reasons amid heavy fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces captured both the nuclear plant and the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam shortly after President Vladimir Putin sent them into Ukraine in February 2022. Grossi has repeatedly called for an end to fighting in the vicinity of the facility to avoid any catastrophic accidents. Power lines have been repeatedly cut. There are diesel generators at the plant, which also has alternative water sources.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jun\/16\/un-nuclear-chief-says-situation-at-zaporizhzhia-plant-is-serious-but-it-can-operate-safely-for-some-time\">The Guardian<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/un-nuclear-chief-says-situation-at-zaporizhzhia-plant-is-serious-but-it-can-operate-safely-for-some-time\/\">UN nuclear chief says situation at Zaporizhzhia plant is \u2018serious\u2019 but it can operate safely for \u2018some time\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[680,599,10436,921,559,402,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-114967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-chief","tag-nuclear","tag-opetate","tag-plant","tag-ukraine","tag-un","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}