IAEA Chief Travels to Ukraine to Investigate Danger at Occupied Nuclear Plant
- The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency visited Ukraine to assess conditions at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
- The plant's cooling reservoir has dropped significantly in level, threatening the cooling systems for its six nuclear reactors.
- Both Ukraine and Russia have accused the other of sabotaging a dam that fed the reservoir, leading to major flooding downstream.
- Though stable for now, the low water level could endanger the plant if it falls further and incapacitates the pumps supplying the main cooling pond.
- The IAEA team will swap out members during the Director General's trip to continue monitoring the precarious situation.