Greenpeace on IAEA’s failure to act: Words don’t protect Ukraine’s nuclear plants against russian missile attacks
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is failing in its role to urgently protect Ukraine’s nuclear plants against russian missile attack, Greenpeace CEE said in reaction to the latest large-scale missile strikes targeting Ukraine’s vulnerable electricity system.
In September, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi agreed with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to expand the Agency’s inspection mission to include electric substations targeted by the russian military. An analysis by Greenpeace in October highlighted the vulnerability of Ukraine’s nuclear plant to catastrophic failure through electric grid instability caused by russian missile and drone attacks.Three months have passed since the IAEA agreed to develop a plan and deploy its inspectors to protect Ukraine’s electricity system. This has so far resulted in a total of six days of inspection, the last one occurring in October. Since then russia has launched two massive strikes, deliberately targeting Ukraine’s electric grid and threatening the safety of its nuclear plants. After months of failing to deploy inspectors to critical electricity substations, the IAEA Director, responding to mounting pressure following the russian missile attacks on 17 November, assured Ukraine’s energy minister, that the Agency, “is ready to organize the relevant missions in the near future.”
“The IAEA is fully aware of the risks, yet has so far chosen not to act. The future Grossi refers to is happening now, and it is a true emergency in which every day, every hour counts. Words from the IAEA do not protect Ukraine’s nuclear plants against russian missile attack. Where are the IAEA plans for permanent, comprehensive protection at substations, which are essential to prevent grid collapse and a nuclear disaster in Europe?” said Shaun Burnie, a nuclear specialist with Greenpeace Ukraine in Kyiv.
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