Russia wants to restart the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which is located near one of the front lines in the war.
According to foreign media, today, she has asked the UN nuclear watchdog to mediate between Moscow and Washington to resolve the issue of what to do with American nuclear fuel stored at the Ukrainian power plant.
The power plant, which once generated a fifth of Ukraine's electricity, has been unused since the fighting escalated in 2022. It has six reactors, the last of which stopped producing electricity in September of that year.
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Reuters this week that restarting the plant was currently impossible due to the lack of a stable supply of electricity and cooling water.
Russian nuclear energy chief Alexei Likhachev said after meeting with Grossi today that Russia was ready to either use the fuel, supplied by the US company Westinghouse, or remove it entirely and return it to the United States.
Likhachev said Russia had prepared a "comprehensive plan" for the phased commissioning of the plant, but it could only be implemented if all military threats were removed.
Westinghouse and U.S. energy officials had previously raised intellectual property concerns with Russia over the fuel issue, he said in televised comments, A2 CNN writes.
Russian state news agency RIA quoted Gross as saying that the IAEA was ready to mediate.
Recall that Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of bombing the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, increasing the risk of a serious accident.
The facility was occupied by Russia in March 2022, shortly after Kremlin troops invaded Ukraine at the beginning of the war. (A2 Televizion)
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