UN nuclear chief sounds alarm as Zaporizhzhia plant reconnected – video
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The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has expressed concern over the recent power outage at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. On Thursday, power to the Russian-occupied plant was lost during Russian air strikes. During a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of directors held in Vienna, Rafael Grossi criticised the organisation's complacency in preventing such incidents from happening, noting that its primary role was to ensure nuclear safety. 'What are we doing to prevent this happening? We are the IAEA, we are meant to care about nuclear safety,' Grossi told its board of directors in a meeting on Thursday in Vienna. 'Each time we are rolling a dice,' he said