Russia claims it took control over Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Monday that it took control over
Ukraine's Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, the largest in Europe.
Russian military claimed it took control of the cities of Energodar and
Berdyansk and the territory around the power plant, Major General Igor
Konashenkov, the representative of the Russian Defense Ministry said in an
official statement.
"The NPP staff continues to work on maintenance of facilities and monitoring
of the radioactive situation in the normal mode. The radioactive background is
normal," Konashenkov said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Russia informed the body that
its forces took control over the plant, Director General Rafael Mariano
Grossi said on Wednesday.
In an official letter to the Director General dated Tuesday, the Permanent
Mission of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna
also said personnel at the plant continued their “work on providing nuclear
safety and monitoring radiation in normal mode of operation. The radiation
levels remain normal.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Ukraine informed the IAEA that all its nuclear power
plants remained under the control of the national operator, the IAEA said on
Wednesday.
In an update on Wednesday, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of
Ukraine informed the IAEA that it maintained communications with the country's
nuclear facilities and that they continued to operate normally.
The Zaporozhye plant contains six out of the country's 15 nuclear energy
reactors, according to the IAEA.
Ukraine has not released a statement confirming or denying Russia's claims.
—ABC News' Tanya Stukalova
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俄羅斯聲稱控制了扎波羅熱核電站
俄羅斯國防部周一聲稱，它控制了歐洲最大的烏克蘭扎波羅熱核電站。
俄羅斯國防部代表伊戈爾·科納申科夫少將在一份官方聲明中說，俄羅斯軍方聲稱它控制
了埃內爾戈達爾市和別爾江斯克市以及發電廠周圍的領土。
“核電廠工作人員繼續以正常模式進行設施維護和放射性情況監測。放射性背景正常，”
科納申科夫說。
國際原子能機構總幹事拉斐爾·馬里亞諾·格羅西周三表示，國際原子能機構證實，俄羅
斯通知該機構，其部隊控制了該工廠。
在周二給總幹事的一封正式信中，俄羅斯聯邦常駐維也納國際組織代表團還表示，該工廠
的人員繼續“在正常運行模式下提供核安全和監測輻射的工作。輻射水平保持正常。”
國際原子能機構週三表示，週二早些時候，烏克蘭通知國際原子能機構，其所有核電站仍
處於國家運營商的控制之下。
在周三的更新中，烏克蘭國家核監管監察局通知國際原子能機構，它與該國的核設施保持
著聯繫，並且它們繼續正常運行。
據國際原子能機構稱，扎波羅熱核電站擁有該國15座核能反應堆中的6座。
烏克蘭尚未發表聲明確認或否認俄羅斯的主張。