Turkey expresses serious concerns about the ZNPP, takes initiatives to prevent a Chernobyl-like catastrophe

Turkey expresses serious concerns about the ZNPP, takes initiatives to prevent a Chernobyl-like catastrophe

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The Turkish Foreign Minister expresses serious concern about the situation at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and says Turkey is taking initiatives to prevent a possible Chernobyl-like disaster.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan expressed Turkey's serious concern about the situation at the Zaporizhzhya NPP. Ankara is taking various initiatives to prevent a Chernobyl-like disaster at Zaporizhzhya NPP, the Turkish Foreign Minister said during a speech at the 1st Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels organized by the IAEA, UNN writes with reference to Anadolu.

We simply cannot afford another (Chernobyl disaster). Turkey is taking a number of initiatives to prevent a repetition of this terrible episode

- Fidan noted.

The Turkish Foreign Minister said Ankara supports initiatives aimed at preventing a potential catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and welcomed the efforts of IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in this direction.

Fidan also said that both the use and threats to use nuclear weapons are unacceptable. Nuclear rhetoric, he said, "casts a shadow on the common aspiration for a secure and energy-clean future.

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