As Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog has emphasized the need to safeguard the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest, to prevent a nuclear disaster.
“Until we have this plant protected, the possibility of the nuclear catastrophe is there,” Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in an interview with CBS News that aired on Sunday.
Russia’s invasion has endangered Ukraine’s nuclear power facilities, which rely on external power to cool their reactors.
