Russia is not planning to restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine, the head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom was quoted as saying by Russian state news agency Tass on 28 May, according to Reuters.
Tass also said that the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, had held talks with a Rosatom delegation in the western Russian city of Kaliningrad, at which he said an understanding was reached on the safety of the six-unit station, which has been occupied by Russia since soon after the February 2022 invasion.
According to Tass, as quoted by Reuters, Rosatom chief Alexei Likhachev underlined the importance of the station’s safety and said restarting it was not currently on the agenda.
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