The International Atomic Energy Agency puts its Incident and Emergency Centre in 27/7 response mode. The decision was made due to the fire at the Zaporizhzhia NPP caused by the Russian army’s shelling.
“IAEA puts its Incident and Emergency Centre in full 24/7 response mode due to a serious situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine,” the organisation says on Twitter.
IAEA puts its Incident and Emergency Centre (@IAEAIEC) in full 24/7 response mode due to serious situation at #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in #Ukraine.
— IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency (@iaeaorg) March 4, 2022
On the night of March 4, occupiers shelled Zaporizhzhia NPP in Energodar. As of 6:20 a.m., the fire at the training building of Zaporizhzhia NPP in Energodar was put out. It was reported that there were no victims or injured.
Ukraine told IAEA that the fire at the platform of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant did not affect the “basic” equipment, the personnel of the station was taking mitigating measures.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recorded a video message about the Russian military’s shellings and the fire at the Zaporizhzhia NPP and urged world leaders to stop Russia.