KYIV: UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi visited a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on his first trip to the country since Russia’s war raised fears of a nuclear accident. Grossi has repeatedly warned of the dangers of the conflict — the first in a country with a vast nuclear estate.
Russian forces seized control of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant site — where radioactive waste is still stored — on February 24, the first day of the war. They also captured Europe’s largest nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia on March 4, sparking alarm when shelling caused a fire at a training facility.