Question 13502 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr Maxime Laisney draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the situation at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Mr. MP was alerted by the Truth Hounds and Greenpeace associations of Rosatom's complicity in the occupation, torture and violations of nuclear security at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. At least 226 civilians, including 78 plant employees, were illegally detained by Russian occupying forces. They were subjected to physical and psychological torture, including beatings, electric shocks, sexual violence and mock executions. Captive people were sent to Russia and occupied territories. Although the plant has no longer produced electricity since 2022, it is still in operation in order to avoid a meltdown of the core of its reactors. However, the Russia has been announcing for several months its desire to restart the plant's reactors despite the shortage of qualified personnel. The plant now has only 5,000 employees to maintain its six reactors, whereas there were 11,000 people on site before the war. Among these employees, only 22 specialists are still on site, whereas there were 159 before the war. The completion of this project would endangering the nuclear safety of the continent. In addition, the Zaporizhia power station is undergoing militarization to the extent that it is becoming a Russian missile launch base. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is present in Zaporizhia, but has never denounced either the false information spread by Russia or the abuses committed at the plant. The missions of the IAEA, which consist of ensuring nuclear safety in the world while promoting civil nuclear power, appear in the case of Zaporizhia paradoxical in view of the overlap between civil and military nuclear power. To clarify France's position vis-à-vis the situation in Zaporizhia, he asks it if it intends to take advantage of the world summit on nuclear energy on March 10, 2026 co-organized by France and the IAEA to call the IAEA to order regarding its missions in Zaporizhia and if he intends to put an end to all commercial relations with Rosatom, including the uranium trade, following revelations of complicity in war crimes.

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