Rafael Grossi, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s director-general, says the level of safety at Europe’s largest nuclear plant that is currently under Russian occupation in Ukraine is like a “red light blinking." apne.ws/o8uLhTz 
Grossi, in an interview with @AP, turned the focus to the nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia — a day after the 36th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. That plant was also taken over by Russian forces. apnews.com/article/russia…
With 15 reactors and one of the largest nuclear power capacities in the world, the war has essentially turned parts of Ukraine into a nuclear minefield.
Nuclear experts have watched in alarm as Russian forces have come uncomfortably close to multiple nuclear plants in Ukraine.
Nuclear experts have watched in alarm as Russian forces have come uncomfortably close to multiple nuclear plants in Ukraine.
Grossi said that the IAEA needs access to the Zaporizhzhia plant in southern Ukraine so its inspectors can, among other things, reestablish connections with the Vienna-based headquarters of the U.N. agency.
And for that, both Russia and Ukraine need to help.
And for that, both Russia and Ukraine need to help.
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