As part of his working visit to Vienna for the IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko met with U.S. Resident Representative to the IAEA Laura Holgate.

The parties discussed the threats to nuclear and radiation safety posed by russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, in particular on substations critical to the operation of nuclear power plants. Special emphasis was placed on areas of cooperation to enhance the protection of the relevant facilities.

Laura Holgate stressed that the United States supported the continuation of IAEA missions to Ukrainian substations, in particular to document the consequences of the latest russian attack and the damage it caused to the infrastructure critical to nuclear generation.

German Galushchenko, in turn, emphasised the need to increase international pressure on russia to stop attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. The parties discussed ways to coordinate relevant efforts at the IAEA level.

They also touched upon the threats to nuclear and radiation safety posed by the russian occupation of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia NPP. The Ukrainian side stressed the need to resume monitoring of ZNPP parameters by the Ukrainian regulator, which was terminated in May 2023 due to the blockade by the russian side.