UN nuclear watchdog head in Ukraine amid Zaporizhzhia power plant safety concern

Director general of the IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, and Ukrainian energy minister Herman Halushchenko shake hands in Kyiv (Derek Gatopoulos/AP)

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog was holding talks with senior officials on Tuesday in Ukraine, over safety concerns for Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, where attacks were recently reported nearby.

Rafael Grossi, who heads the International Atomic Energy Agency, was making his 10th visit since the Russia-Ukraine war began in February 2022.