Inspectors on way to nuclear plant at center of radiation disaster fears
International inspectors were heading Monday to the nuclear plant at the center of growing alarm about a potential radiation disaster.
“The day has come,” Rafael Grossi, the head of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, said in a tweet early Monday.
The mission — which will be led by Grossi — will assess physical damage to the plant, determine how well its safety systems are functioning, evaluate working conditions for its staff and perform any urgent safeguard activities, the IAEA said in a separate tweet.
Mikhail Ulyanov, the Russian envoy to international organizations in Vienna, confirmed to Russian state news agency Ria on Monday that the mission has set off for Zaporizhzhia, adding that Moscow has made "a significant contribution to the preparation of this mission."
The mission consists of about 15 people, Ulyanov told the news agency, and some of its members will stay behind at the plant on a permanent basis.
