Warning 'Very real risk of nuclear disaster' amid dangerous bombing of Ukrainian factory

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Saturday expressed serious concerns about the previous day's bombing at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant< /p>

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Ukraine: strikes reported near Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

The bombing of a nuclear power plant in Ukraine "underscores the very real risk of nuclear catastrophe", says the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The head of the IAEA on Saturday expressed serious concerns about the previous day's bombing at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

"I am extremely concerned by yesterday's bombing of Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which highlights the very real risk of a nuclear disaster that could threaten public health and the environment in Ukraine and beyond. beyond," said general manager Rafael Mariano Grossi. in a statement.

Grossi, who heads the United Nations nuclear watchdog, urged all parties to the Ukrainian conflict to exercise "maximum restraint" around the plant.

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Shells struck a high-voltage power line at the plant on Friday, prompting its operators to disconnect a reactor when no radioactive leak was detected.

The factory was captured by Russian forces in early March at the start of the war, but it is still run by its Ukrainian technicians.

Ukrainian nuclear power company Energoatom blamed Russia for the damage to the power plant.