The IAEA Board of Governors adopted a resolution warning that strikes on Ukraine's energy system supplying nuclear power plants pose a direct threat to nuclear safety and security.
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The resolution warns that strikes on Ukraine's energy system supplying nuclear power plants, including the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, pose a direct threat to nuclear safety and security.
The IAEA Board of Governors has adopted a resolution recognizing the direct nuclear safety and security implications of Russia's systematic attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
Targeting electrical substations that feed nuclear sites is a deliberate attempt to create blackout conditions and raise the risk of an incident.
Russia's occupation of Zaporizhzhia NPP and constant strikes against the power grid creates unacceptable risks.
Representatives of Russia's state energy sector, including Rosatom, were involved in planning attacks on substations critical to the external power supply schemes of Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
Resolution was seventh on Ukraine since Russia invaded, adopted in closed session with 20 countries backing it
Resolution states attacks on power plants supplying nuclear reactors pose a direct threat to nuclear safety. 20 states vote in favor, 4 against: US, Russia, China, Niger.
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