Powerful explosions rocked the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine this weekend, renewing concerns that fighting so close to the facility could cause a nuclear accident.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency , Rafael Grossi, said that whoever was responsible for the attacks was “playing with fire,” reiterating a warning he made in September.
officials could even see some explosions from their windows, the nuclear watchdog said. “Whoever is behind this, it must stop immediately,” Grossi added. Based on information provided by the plant management, the have repeatedly called for both sides to implement a nuclear safety and security zone around Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. Grossi has taken part in “intense consultations with Ukraine and Russia about establishing such a zone, but so far without an agreement,” the
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