Nuclear agency pushes for Zaporizhzhia plant roof access amid explosives reports

Ukrainian officials reported that the Russians had planted explosives at one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

The head of the UN nuclear agency has said he is pushing for access to the roof of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, following reports from Ukrainian officials that the Russians had planted explosives.

The plant was seized by Russia in March 2022 in the first weeks of the war in Ukraine, raising fears of a nuclear accident.