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IAEA experts inspected several facilities at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including cooling ponds and other locations, but have not yet received permission to inspect the rooftops where explosive-like objects were reportedly placed.

Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
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IAEA experts inspected several facilities at ZNPP including cooling ponds and other locations, but have not yet reached the rooftops. They filed a request to occupation authorities to access the rooftops.

No indication of explosives or mines were found in the inspected places.

Specialists are working on eliminating the consequences of the strike in Zaporizhzhia.

The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said on Friday that it was "making progress" on inspecting several areas of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, after claims it had been mined. They had "not seen any indications of explosives or mines", he said.

Russia is going to put the 4th power unit at ZNPP into a state of "hot shutdown".

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:02:07.454Z

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