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the russian ministry of defense issued a statement on september 4 saying that the russian federation armed forces provided security guarantees for the rotation of international atomic energy agency observers stationed at the zaporizhia nuclear power plant that day.

the statement said that the rotation of personnel on that day was presided over by iaea director general grossi. four iaea experts arrived at the zaporizhia nuclear power plant as observers, whose task was to monitor and evaluate the safety of the zaporizhia nuclear power plant. during the rotation of personnel, iaea director general grossi inspected the no. 1 cooling tower that was attacked by the ukrainian armed forces using a drone on august 11. the russian side's analysis of the scene showed that the ukrainian military drone carried burning materials that caused the fire in the cooling tower. grossi and iaea experts confirmed that it was unlikely that the fire source was located at the bottom of the cooling tower.

according to the news released by zaporizhia nuclear power plant, on the same day, the general manager of zaporizhia nuclear power plant, chernychuk, briefed grossi and his party on the operation of the nuclear power plant, saying that the six reactors of the nuclear power plant were in a "cold shutdown" state. the maintenance of the nuclear power plant equipment complies with all necessary regulations and is strictly monitored in accordance with radiation safety standards. the nuclear power plant is powered by the "dnieper" 750 kv high-voltage line. the radiation background values ​​in the plant and supervision areas are normal and do not exceed the natural background. chernychuk also pointed out that the nuclear power plant has enough professionals to ensure the safe operation of the nuclear power plant.

the report also said that grossi emphasized at the end of his visit that this visit was important and that the iaea would study all the developments seen at the nuclear power plant, including the positive changes.

since iaea director general grossi's first visit to the zaporizhia nuclear power plant on september 1, 2022, iaea experts have been on-site at the nuclear power plant for observation. (cctv reporter song yao)