The UN nuclear watchdog on Tuesday released a report and said the experts will 'carry out detailed and continuous work to assess the physical damage to the plant's facilities, determine the functionality of the main and backup safety and security systems, and evaluate the staff's working conditions, in addition to performing safeguards activities'.

Two of those experts have remained at the nuclear facility on a permanent basis to ensure its safety. Last week, Grossi led a 14-member expert mission to the plant.

The trip helped 'gain a comprehensive and objective understanding of the nuclear facilities' operation and damages, so as to take targeted actions', Geng said. Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, told a UN Security Council briefing that thanks to the joint corporation of Russia and Ukraine, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi and his colleagues made a successful visit to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The IAEA mission, headed by Grossi, worked at the plant from Sept 1-5, and Grossi told reporters on Friday that two of the agency's experts would remain permanently at the nuclear power plant.Ī Chinese ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday reiterated support for the efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and called for the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine. 'This requires agreement by all relevant parties to the establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone' around the plant, it said.

The IAEA, UN's nuclear watchdog, urged an immediate end to shelling around Europe's largest nuclear power plant, according to the report. That is why in our report, we are proposing the establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone confined to the periphery and the plant,' Grossi told the council via video link. 'We are playing with fire and something very disastrous could happen. 'Specifically, this would include a commitment by the Russian military to withdraw military personnel and equipment from that perimeter, and a commitment by Ukrainian forces not to enter.' 'As a second step, an agreement on a demilitarized perimeter should be secured,' he said. In the first instance, Guterres told the council that all military operations around the plant should cease. UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for a demilitarized zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, to prevent a nuclear catastrophe in the Chornobyl-affected nation.Īddressing a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the top UN official endorsed the recommendations made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi, who inspected the occupied Zaporizhzhia plant last week and presented a report to the Security Council. Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine at the United Nations Headquarters on Sin New York City.

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