According to an official statement cited by CNN, a group of independent inspectors from the UN nuclear agency said Monday that there are no “immediate nuclear safety issues” at Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant following the explosions at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plantPhoto: STRINGER / AFP / Profimedia

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said a team assessed damage at the plant on Monday and concluded that “despite the severity of the bombings, key equipment remained intact and there were no immediate nuclear safety or security concerns.” .

All six reactors at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant are stable, and the team has confirmed the integrity of the fuel and radioactive waste in their storage facilities.

However, he said, there is still significant damage that maintenance personnel have already begun to repair. Grossi called the damage “a serious cause for concern because it clearly demonstrates the full intensity of the attacks.”

The leaks of non-radioactive material were caused by damage to storage tanks, and the team observed “several damage along the main route along the plant’s reactors, as well as the rail, which is now decommissioned,” the IAEA said in a statement.

So far, there have been no other shellings near the plant either at night or during the day on Monday, “although there were bombings in the area of ​​the neighboring city of Energodar and in the industrial zone,” they claim. the IAEA team.