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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Buncombe

‘It is time for action’: Meet the man trying to avert nuclear meltdown in Ukraine

AP

The head of the world’s nuclear watchdog has offered to fly to Chernobyl and meet with Russian and Ukrainian officials to try and avert a catastrophe engulfing Europe.

A day after Russian forces struck the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, sparking massive concerns about the potential for disaster and leading Joe Biden to hold late night call with Ukraine’s leader, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi, offered to try and broker a deal between the two sides.

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