Paris says will propose steps to safeguard 5 Ukrainian nuclear facilities
France will propose to its partners specific steps to safeguard five main Ukrainian nuclear facilities based on the criteria by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Elysee Palace said on Friday.
Ukraine has four active nuclear power plants — Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnitsky, Rivne and South Ukraine. The fifth one in Chernobyl is currently sealed.
“In the coming hours, France will propose to its main partners concrete measures to provide safety of Ukraine’s five main nuclear objects based on IAEA technical criteria,” the palace said in a statement, noting that French President Emmanuel Macron has met with the IAEA director general and supported the latter’s efforts for constant security control of nuclear installations in Ukraine.
