in it to win "temporarily occupied territory"
euractiv | Ukraine, UN agree parameters for IAEA mission to nuclear plant, 19 Aug

Zelenskyy told a news conference after the talks in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv that Russia should immediately withdraw its forces and stop shelling from the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
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"We agreed with the secretary general the [possible] conditions of a possible mission by the IAEA to the Zaporizh* nuclear plant, in a legal way, via territory free from occupiers [shelling UAF shelling EUROPE'S LARGEST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT]," Zelenskyy told reporters. "Russia should immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces from territory of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, as well as stopping any provocations and shelling," he said.

NOT ONE INCH. NOT ONE IAEA ENGINEER. Stand your ground, Uncle Volody!

The crowded news conference lasted nearly an hour, with the three leaders and well over 100 journalists straining in the heat. Zelensk*, clad in his trademark khaki T-shirt, appeared visibly frustrated when the simultaneous translation failed, slowing down the news conference considerably [but not artillery exchange over EUROPE'S LARGEST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT].

euro-cities | Russia agreed to the IAEA visit to the Zaporozh* NPP, 23 Aug

The French Foreign Ministry announced Russia's consent to the IAEA mission at the Zaporozh* NPP. Sergey Lavrov, in a conversation with a French colleague, is "fundamentally committed" with the intention to send the experience to the station as soon as possible, declared in Paris.

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the fact of holding a meeting of foreign affairs. It took place at the initiative of the French side. The interlocutors discussed in detail the situation around the Zaporizhzh* NPP and the possibilities for the IAEA mission to visit the station, they said on Smolenskaya Square.
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said today in an interview with the BBC that he hopes to visit the Zaporozh* NPP in the very near future, to convey TASS. According to him, the IAEA mission could arrive at the station "within days, not weeks." At the same time, Grossi did not specify how exactly the specialists would get to the Zaporozhye NPP.

IAEA | Update 93 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine, 23 Aug

Ukraine said shelling on Monday (22 August) damaged the transformers of the nearby thermal power plant, causing a disconnection of the power line linking this plant to the ZNPP lasting several hours before it was restored later the same day.

"These incidents show why the IAEA must be able to send a mission to the Zaporizh* nuclear power plant very soon. I'm continuing to consult very actively and intensively with all parties so that this vital IAEA mission can take place without further delay. The IAEA's presence will help stabilise the nuclear safety and security situation at the site and reduce the risk of a severe nuclear accident in Europe. The mission is expected to take place within the next few days if ongoing negotiations succeed," Director General Grossi said.

US News | IAEA Says It Could Visit Russian-Held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in Days, 23 Aug

Russia's foreign ministry said Moscow had given the go-ahead for a mission on June 3 and blamed Kyiv for trying to disrupt the promised inspection.

RIA Novosti | NYT: IAEA formed a mission to visit the Zaporozh* nuclear power plant, 27 Aug mistinformation

The International Atomic Energy Agency has appointed a group of experts to visit Europe's largest Zaporozh* nuclear power plant, writes The New York Times. The list of the IAEA , which the newspaper got acquainted with, included 14 people, mostly from neutral countries. Among the members of the delegation is the head of the organization, Argentinean Rafael Mariano Grossi. There are no US and UK representatives in the mission. The NY [Yella Cake] says the visit is planned for next week.
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The Zaporozh* Nuclear Power Plant is located on the left bank of the Dnieper next to Energodar. This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in terms of the number of units and installed capacity . Since March, it has been under the protection of the Russian military.

RIA Novosti | Energy supply from the ZNPP to the territory controlled by Kyiv resumed, 27 Aug

The fifth and sixth power units of the Zaporozh* NPP are currently generating electricity, which is supplied to the territories liberated and controlled by Kyiv, said Vladimir Rogov, a representative of the regional administration.

"The fifth and sixth power units are in operation. They are not operating at full capacity. Electricity is supplied on both sides of the Dnieper (both to the territory controlled by Kyiv, the right bank, and to the [RF] liberated territories, the left bank - ed.)," Rogov told RIA Novosti. [He] said earlier that Energodar was shelled [again] on Saturday morning.

Late Breaking OOPS!(to me)

Readovka | Zaporizhzhia NPP threatens world with an atomic catastrophe for 7 years, 19 Aug anonymous Ukrainian whistleblower

The Zaporizh* nuclear power plant requires an urgent intervention of the plant's creators, the Russian power engineers. The service life of the nuclear power units expired back in 2015-2018, and the continued operation of the rusty equipment threatens to be disastrous even without shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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During a visit to the NPP of Head of Operational Safety Section of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fuming Jiang on January 16, 2020, the technician literally ran after Mr. Fuming the entire inspection warning about the approaching disaster at the nuclear power plant. The man has been struggling to say that the shelf life of the nuclear reactors went out five years ago (unit 1 and 2 in 2015, unit 3 in 2017, unit 4 in 2018, and the fifth in 2020). The operation of all reactors had to be halted urgently, and the Soviet equipment (the units were launched in the 1980s-1990s) had to be inspected by the plant's designers - Russian nuclear specialists, the technician warned. Nevertheless, Fuming along with the plant management pretended that the inspection went smoothly and there was no itchy employee with a panicked mood. The official verdict of the IAEA's 2020 inspection was "no violations detected, equipment is operating properly." The NPP's management fired the technician, but his preoccupation with the situation made him write a letter with an appeal to the European public and environmental international organizations, the text of which was made available to Readovka.
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...According to the Ukrainian legislation and the IAEA regulations these reactors must be dismantled or it is necessary to perform the work for the extension of their operation. Such work cost billions of US dollars. To do this, you need to attract the design and construction organizations that built these reactors—and these firms are from Russia, the aggressor country that is fighting against Ukraine! There can be no question of cooperation with the Putin regime. Ukraine is part of Europe[,] and we must solve such problems together. ...

After appeals of the NPP employee to the IAEA small changes did occur—the press service of Zaporizh* NPP suddenly reported that power unit No. 4 will be shut down for 125 days for overhaul. "Allegedly this is previously planned work," says the author. But power unit No. 4 already underwent an overhaul in 2019, it needs [Westinghouse fuel assembly] equipment replacement, not an overhaul, insists the NPP employee.
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Kyiv had reportedly regularly allocated money to ensure safety at the station, though the sums of money were so small that it sufficed only for the warning systems, because it needed billions of dollars to repair the units, which Ukraine did not have. Moreover, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the ruling party have other reasons to turn a blind eye to the barely making ends meet. ....

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