IAEA Observers Will Remain Permanently in Chernobyl

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will establish a permanent observing mission in Tschernobyl. This is to prevent accidents from happening at nuclear reactors.

The IAEA Will Establish a Permanent Observer Mission in Chernobyl. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Jason Minshull, Public Domain

With the constant presence of its experts in Chernobyl, the IAEA wants to prevent further attacks on the Ukrainian accident reactor. That is what IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said today in the facility near the Belarusian border when his agency's observer mission began work. "We hope that there will be no further occupation or attack on the power plant," Grossi said,