Fighting has intensified near a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that is Europe’s largest, further increasing the possibility of a war-related nuclear accident, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Tuesday (28 March).
“There is an increased level of combat, active combat” in the area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi said. “My teams there report daily about the attacks, the sound of heavy weaponry. This is practically constant.”
Speaking in Zaporizhzhia city a day before he was to cross the front lines for a second time to visit the six-unit nuclear station, the largest in Europe, Grossi said he felt it was his duty to ramp up talks aimed at safeguarding the facility.
“There is an increased level of combat, active combat” in the area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi said. “My teams there report daily about the attacks, the sound of heavy weaponry. This is practically constant.”
Speaking in Zaporizhzhia city a day before he was to cross the front lines for a second time to visit the six-unit nuclear station, the largest in Europe, Grossi said he felt it was his duty to ramp up talks aimed at safeguarding the facility.
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