IAEA Chief Assures Safe Operation of Zaporizhzhia Plant Despite Concerns.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has said that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine is "serious" but that it can operate safely for "some time". Grossi was inspecting the state of Europe's largest nuclear plant following last week's breach in the Kakhovka dam downstream on the Dnipro River. The IAEA inspectors would remain at the site. The Kakhovka reservoir was normally used to refill the cooling pond adjacent to the plant but cannot do so now because of its falling water level after the breach, officials say.