• About   |
  • Submit Guest Post |
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
The Second Angle (TSA Magazine)
Advertise
  • Infotainment
    • Sports
    • People
    • Inspiring
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Home & Decoration
  • Buzz
  • Education
  • Travel
  • Finance
  • Healthcare
  • Technology
The Second Angle
No Result
View All Result
  • Infotainment
  • Entertainment
  • Buzz
  • Education
  • Travel
  • Finance
  • Healthcare
  • Technology
Advertisement
ADVERTISEMENT
Home World News

IAEA mission seeks to visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid concerns

TSA Desk by TSA Desk
August 26, 2022
in World News
Reading Time: 3 mins read
IAEA mission seeks to visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid concerns
Share on FacebookShare on WhatsApp
Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement
ADVERTISEMENT


The visit from the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency comes after Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was temporarily knocked offline and more shelling was reported in the area overnight

The visit from the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency comes after Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was temporarily knocked offline and more shelling was reported in the area overnight

A mission from the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant next week after it was temporarily knocked offline and more shelling was reported in the area overnight, Ukrainian officials said Friday.

Fire damage to a transmission line at Europe’s largest nuclear plant caused a blackout across the region on Thursday and heightened fears of a catastrophe in a country still haunted by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

Lana Zerkal, an adviser to Ukraine’s Energy Minister, told Ukrainian media on Thursday evening that logistical issues are being worked out for the IAEA team to come to the Zaporizhzhia plant, which has been occupied by Russian forces and run by Ukrainian workers since the early days of the 6-month-old war.

Zerkal accused Russia of trying to sabotage the visit. Ukraine has alleged that Russia is essentially holding the plant hostage, storing weapons there and launching attacks from around it, while Moscow accuses Ukraine of recklessly firing on the facility.

“Despite the fact that the Russians agreed for the mission to travel through the territory of Ukraine, they are now artificially creating all the conditions for the mission not to reach the facility, given the situation around it,” she said, offering no details.

There was no immediate comment from Moscow to the claims. The atomic agency’s head, Rafael Mariano Grossi, also said Thursday he hopes to send a team to the plant within days. Negotiations over how the team would access the plant are complicated but advancing, he said on France-24 television.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said an area close to the plant came under a barrage of shelling overnight, amid mounting concerns that an armed conflict near a working atomic plant could cause more serious damage, even as Zaporizhzhia’s reactors are protected by reinforced concrete containment domes.

Dnipropetrovsk governor Valentyn Reznichenko said shelling in the city of Nikopol, which is across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia plant, damaged 10 houses, a school and a sanitorium, causing no casualties.

A power line also has been cut, leaving up to 1,000 local residents without electricity, he added. Nikopol has been under nearly constant Russian shelling since July 12, with eight people killed, 850 buildings damaged and over half the population of 1,00,000 fleeing the city.

On Thursday, the Zaporizhzhia plant was cut off from the electrical grid after fires damaged the last operating regular transmission line, according to Ukraine’s nuclear power agency, Energoatom.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed Russian shelling and said the plant’s emergency backup diesel generators had to be activated to supply power needed to run the plant. Zaporizhzhia’s Russian-installed regional governor, Yevgeny Balitsky, blamed the transmission-line damage on a Ukrainian attack.

It was not immediately clear whether the damaged line carried outgoing electricity or incoming power, needed for the reactors’ vital cooling systems. A loss of cooling could cause a nuclear meltdown.

As a result of the transmission-line damage, the two reactors still in use out of the plant’s six went offline, Balitsky said, but one was quickly restored, as was electricity to the region.

Many nuclear plants are designed to automatically shut down or at least reduce reactor output in the event of a loss of outgoing transmission lines. The IAEA said Ukraine informed it that the reactors’ emergency protection systems were triggered, and all safety systems remained operational.

The three regular transmission lines at the plant are out of service because of previous war damage. Ukraine cannot simply shut down its nuclear plants during the war because it is heavily reliant on them. Its 15 reactors at four stations provide about half of its electricity.

Elsewhere, two people were killed and six more injured over the past 24 hours in the eastern Donetsk region, Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said Friday. In the northeastern Sumy region, on the border with Russia, more than 100 munitions were fired over the past 24 hours, burning down a house, governor Dmytro Zhyvytsky said.



Source

RelatedPosts

At least 25 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

At least 25 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

Chinese president Xi Jinping stresses U.S.-China cooperation in meeting with Bill Gates

Chinese president Xi Jinping stresses U.S.-China cooperation in meeting with Bill Gates

ShareSendTweet

Related Posts

At least 25 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border
World News

At least 25 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

The Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, is accused of launching many attacks on civilians in recent years, notably on civilian...

Read more
Chinese president Xi Jinping stresses U.S.-China cooperation in meeting with Bill Gates
World News

Chinese president Xi Jinping stresses U.S.-China cooperation in meeting with Bill Gates

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Bill Gates, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing,...

Read more
U.S. guided-missile submarine arrives in South Korea amid North Korea’s missile tests
World News

U.S. guided-missile submarine arrives in South Korea amid North Korea’s missile tests

The nuclear-powered submarine USS Michigan approaches a naval base in Busan, South Korea | Photo Credit: AP The United States...

Read more
Morning Digest | Heavy rains pound Gujarat coast as cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall; South Manipur cut off as women-led vigilante groups block roads, and more
World News

Morning Digest | Heavy rains pound Gujarat coast as cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall; South Manipur cut off as women-led vigilante groups block roads, and more

Policemen stand guard on the Arabian Sea coast ahead of cyclone Biparjoy’s landfall at Mandvi in Kutch district of Gujarat...

Read more
Chinese Premier meets with Palestinian President in effort to increase Middle East presence
World News

Chinese Premier meets with Palestinian President in effort to increase Middle East presence

Chinese Premier Li Qiang (right) receives Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on...

Read more
Ukraine reports advances in early stages of counterattack
World News

Ukraine reports advances in early stages of counterattack

A tank from Ukraine’s 3rd Independent Tank Iron Brigade is seen at a position near the front line in Kharkiv...

Read more
Load More

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Latest

Hamas branded Israeli child hostages in case they escaped, relative says

Hamas branded Israeli child hostages in case they escaped, relative says

Jimmy Kimmel Names The Perfect Running Mate For Donald Trump

Jimmy Kimmel Names The Perfect Running Mate For Donald Trump

Extraction 2 Movie Review- Chris Hemsworth’s Sequel Is Both Satisfying And Disappointing

Extraction 2 Movie Review- Chris Hemsworth’s Sequel Is Both Satisfying And Disappointing

ADVERTISEMENT

About

The Second Angle

The Second Angle (TSA) Magazine covers a broad spectrum of topics including Entertainment, Lifestyle, education, Crypto, iGaming, Technology, fashion, beauty, relationships, celebrities, wellness, travel, and food. It also features user-generated content in the form of tips, guest post, forums, polls, contests and other interactive articles.

Important Links

  • About
  • Guest Post
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter
ADVERTISEMENT

© 2017-23. The Second Angle. All Rights Reserved. Developed and Managed by SquareBase.io

No Result
View All Result
  • Infotainment
    • Sports
    • People
    • Inspiring
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Home & Decoration
  • Buzz
  • Education
  • Travel
  • Finance
  • Healthcare
  • Technology

© 2017-23. The Second Angle. All Rights Reserved. Developed and Managed by SquareBase.io

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.