UN nuclear inspector warns of a “very serious danger of a nuclear accident” if military activity continues near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility.

IAEA head Rafael Mariano Grossi was “very worried” about shelling at Europe’s biggest nuclear facility.

Ukraine said Russian military attacks “severely destroyed” the plant.

March saw Russia take the plant.

It retains its Ukrainian staff, but Kyiv accuses Russia of using “terror tactics” by launching rockets into residential areas from the facility.

Mr. Grossi said Friday’s attacks highlight “the very real possibility of a nuclear accident that might damage public health and the environment in Ukraine and abroad.”

“Any military weapons aimed at or from the site would be playing with fire”

The IAEA should be permitted to give technical help to Ukrainian workers “without threats or coercion,” he added.

“To safeguard Ukrainians and others from a nuclear disaster, we must act immediately. Grossi claimed the IAEA is ready days after declaring the reactor “out of control.” “less

The Zaporizhzhia plant operator claimed Russian missile attacks caused the shutdown of one “power unit” and risked hazardous leakage.

Enerhoatom said the strikes “threatened the plant’s safe functioning.”

Moscow blamed Ukraine.

EU senior diplomat Josep Borrell condemned Russia’s military activity surrounding the facility after the latest attack.

“This is a major and reckless infringement of nuclear safety laws,” he added, calling for IAEA access to the facility.

Russian military occupy the factory and other territories near Ukraine. Six pressurised water reactors store radioactive waste.

Nearby Nikopol is still under Ukrainian hands. The Russians fired rockets and moved military equipment inside the factory.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine stated Friday that bombing the site is a terror act.

The facility located in Enerhodar, Ukraine, on the Dnieper’s left bank (Dnipro in Ukrainian).

The UK defence ministry believes Russia is utilising the region to launch assaults, leveraging the nuclear power plant’s “protected status” to lessen the danger of nocturnal Ukrainian attacks.

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