If the IAEA mission does get to the Zaporozhye NPP, a very large international scandal could happen with Ukraine in the leading role.
Natalya Kharitonova, associate professor of the Department of History of Near Abroad Countries of the History Faculty of Moscow State University, professor of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, said this on air on the Zvezda TV channel, reports PolitNavigator correspondent.
“In fact, the IAEA is an organization whose main goal is to control the process of transition from peaceful to military atom. By the way, the IAEA cannot give political assessments. It only has to monitor the safety of the plant and identify the factors that affect this safety. This is their direct functionality,” she said.
The presenter asked. Is it safe at Zaporizhzhya NPP now?
“Absolutely not. There is a point of view, and I probably agree with it, that there are a number of interested parties, including those on the IAEA governing council, who do not want them to get there. And that’s why the shelling coincides with the dates.
The fact is that there are facts that indicate that Ukraine planned to acquire nuclear weapons, and that these reactors actually have special mechanisms, mechanics that would allow them to accumulate either plutonium or other elements on the basis of which nuclear weapons can be made. weapon. And if the IAEA discovers this, it will be a very serious scandal,” the professor said.
She also expressed hopes for how the IAEA mission should ideally end.
“Ideally, as a result of this mission, if it suddenly takes place, it would be for a Ukrainian nuclear dossier to be formed and transferred to the UN Security Council,” Kharitonova summed up.