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A planned IAEA inspection of reactor rooftops at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant scheduled for December 19 did not occur due to stated security concerns.

Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia
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Kyiv Post Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

IAEA access to the reactor rooftops planned on Dec. 19 didn't happen due to stated security concerns

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

IAEA experts awaited access to reactor rooftops planned on December 19

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Access did not happen due to invaders citing security concerns

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

In addition to this, the IAEA experts are still waiting for access to the rooftops of the reactors which was supposed to be granted on 19 December.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:11.561Z

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