On January 16, 2023, a team of the International Atomic Energy Agency led by Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and accompanied by Energy Minister of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko, President of SE «NNEGC «Energoatom» Petro Kotin and Acting Chairman of State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Oleh Korikov arrived at South Ukraine NPP site.

«Given the risks entailed by military actions on the territory of Ukraine, we came to the necessity of deployment permanent IAEA missions at each Ukrainian nuclear facility,» Rafael Grossi said. He reminded that the request for such deployment came from the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ministry of Energy.