BRUSSELS. July 25 (Interfax) - Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have observed directional anti-personnel mines on the fringes of the perimeter of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Director General Rafael Grossi said.
"During a walkdown on July 23, the IAEA team saw some mines located in a buffer zone between the site's internal and external perimeter barriers. The experts reported that they were situated in a restricted area that operating plant personnel cannot access," Grossi said in a statement published on the IAEA website.
The agency's team did not observe any mines within the inner site perimeter.
The IAEA experts believe that "any detonation of these mines should not affect the site's nuclear safety and security systems."
IAEA experts said earlier in July that they conducted additional inspections at the Zaporozhye NPP, during which they did not see any heavy military hardware, explosives or mines at the facility.