The West has accused Russia of heightening the risk of a nuclear disaster by using the plant as a "shield" where it stations troops and weapons - and launches attacks on other Ukrainian targets from the site. The Seven Pillars refers to the IAEA's seven core nuclear safety standards, the first of which states: "The physical integrity of the facilities - whether it is the reactors, fuel ponds, or radioactive waste stores - must be maintained." "The Seven Pillars have all been compromised at the site." IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to the media at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, Austria, on Friday upon his return from inspecting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. "The IAEA is still gravely concerned about the situation at the ZNPP - this hasn’t changed," the watchdog group said in its report, referring to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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