Nuclear Watchdog Begins Inspection of Russia’s Kursk Plant
- Fighting near reactor risks Chernobyl-style event, IAEA says
- Ukraine has registered new attacks near operating plants
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Monitors from the United Nations atomic watchdog are preparing to assess the safety situation at a nuclear power plant on Russian soil that’s near territory seized by Ukraine this month in a cross-border incursion.
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, arrived at Rosatom Corp’s plant in Russia’s western Kursk region on Tuesday, the state-owned TASS news agency reported. The Soviet-era technology currently operating on the site is particularly vulnerable to a Chernobyl-like accident if hit by artillery or rocket fire, Grossi told Bloomberg Television last week.