Restarting Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Not Feasible Amid War, IAEA Chief Says

Grossi recently met with Ukraine and Russia officials

Restarting Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Not Feasible Amid War, IAEA Chief Says
Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA director general, briefs members of the international press and media on the nuclear safety and security situation in Ukraine and Syria, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, 9 June 2025. Image courtesy Dean Calma/IAEA Images (CCBY2.0)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi said there is a “common view” between Russia and the UN agency that a restart of the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine should not happen in the current situation.

Grossi told journalists before the IAEA’s general conference on Monday (9 June) that the matter was discussed with Alexei Likhachev, chief executive of Russia's state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom, in Kaliningrad last week.

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